Nevada USA-1959: View Of Arrival In The City From A Car With Quiet Streets And

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

View Of Arrival In The City From A Car With Quiet... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a car's arrival in a quiet Nevada town. The view unfolds along a sun-drenched main street lined with classic mid-century motels, including the prominent Valley Motel with its distinctive sign and cowboy statue. Classic American automobiles from the era drive along the road under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The footage features the characteristic grain and color palette of 8mm film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s Americana and roadside travel culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123621620

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nevada roadside-travel requests needing an authentic moving-car view of a quiet motel-lined main street.
Period detail: Visible clues include mid-century motel signage, period automobiles, low roadside buildings, utility poles, and a large Valley Motel sign with cowboy figure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming through a car windshield while entering town and noticing roadside lodging.
What appears in frame: The frames show a broad paved street, motel signs, passing cars, sidewalks, utility poles, low commercial buildings, bare trees, and a cloudy blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, slight gate shadows, handheld framing, and cool faded color typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an arrival insert, road-trip transition, motel-row cutaway, or brief memory beat for mid-century travel.
Historical context: The view documents a quiet commercial street shaped around automobile travel, lodging signs, and low roadside architecture in late-1950s Nevada.
Research note: Visible motel branding and any people or likenesses flagged in the clip should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Nevada home movie street arrival, 8mm motel sign footage, 1950s American road trip, and vintage roadside lodging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nevada 1959 travel scenes, then broader 1950s motel and highway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie view down a quiet motel-lined street from a moving car. — A car approaches a quiet street lined with mid-century motel signs and low buildings.

Moving-car view of a Nevada street with the Valley Motel sign prominent beside the road. — The Valley Motel sign appears along the right side of the road as cars move ahead.

Closer 1959 Nevada street view with motel signage, roadside buildings, and sparse traffic. — The camera passes nearer to the motel sign and sidewalk along a quiet commercial strip.

End-frame view of the Valley Motel sign and roadside buildings in a 1959 Nevada town. — The Valley Motel sign fills more of the frame beside a sidewalk and low roadside buildings.

Visually Similar Clips