Nevada USA-1959: Hotel Person Walking By And A Car Driving By

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Hotel Person Walking By And A Car Driving By — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage footage captures a classic American roadside motel in Nevada. The clip shows a long, single-story building with a prominent sign advertising 'Baby Sitters,' 'Heated Pool,' and 'Two People' for $5. A person in a light-colored coat walks past the entrance while a vintage Cadillac and other cars are parked nearby. The scene is bathed in the slightly faded, grainy color palette of mid-century home movie film, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-20th century Americana.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123621753

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Nevada, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nevada roadside travel, motel culture, and mid-century American road-trip inserts in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The motel signs, low roadside architecture, parked mid-century cars, and advertised room amenities visibly support a late-1950s roadside travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, watching a pedestrian and passing car from across the road rather than staging the motel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a motel sign, heated pool and rate boards, a person in a light coat, a passing car, parked cars, palms, sidewalks, and low motel buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, gate edges, and grain that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, transition, or memory beat for Nevada travel, roadside lodging, motels, or mid-century car culture.
Historical context: The scene reflects automobile-oriented travel and motel advertising as seen from a home-movie camera, without identifying a specific business beyond visible signage.
Research note: People and motel signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from film copyright clearance.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 Nevada 8mm motel footage, roadside hotel sign, mid-century travel home movie, vintage car passing motel, and American road trip archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Nevada or 1959 travel clips, then broader roadside motel, car travel, and mid-century Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada roadside motel view with a long low building, large amenity sign, and a parked mid-century car near the curb. — A motel frontage and tall sign are seen from across the road.

1959 Nevada motel scene with large roadside signs, a person walking near the entrance, and low buildings along the street. — A pedestrian passes near the motel signage and entrance area.

Passing mid-century car crosses the foreground of a 1959 Nevada motel view with a walking figure and roadside signs behind it. — A car moves through the foreground in front of the motel signs.

1959 Nevada motel frontage with a person walking by a drive-in sign, small palms, parked cars, and a two-story motel building. — A pedestrian walks past the motel frontage and small palms.

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