Las Vegas Nevada-1966: Fountains Erupting Against Buildings at Sunset

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 in Las Vegas Nevada

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Fountains Erupting Against Buildings at Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a series of spectacular fountains in Las Vegas, Nevada, filmed from a moving vehicle. The footage shows water jets erupting in rhythmic patterns against a backdrop of mid-century modern buildings under a warm, golden sunset. The grainy, slightly overexposed quality and dark vignette frame are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera moves steadily, offering a dynamic view of the iconic water display, evoking a sense of 1960s Americana and retro nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124051334

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1422 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #3,president johnson
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: hawaii,las vegas,california
Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1960s Las Vegas travel, roadside, and resort-era documentary edits needing brief visitor-shot fountain footage from original 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century building forms, a low roadside viewpoint, and ornamental fountain displays consistent with the supplied 1966 Las Vegas metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vehicle, emphasizing a quick passing look at fountains rather than a staged architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include arcing fountain jets, a dark foreground road or curb, rectangular building facades, a tall vertical structure, warm sky, and heavy film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, warm overexposure, soft focus, dark vignetting, and slight frame instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short Las Vegas insert, travel-transition beat, roadside cutaway, or memory fragment within a 1960s montage.
Historical context: The footage visually places ornamental water displays beside modern commercial architecture in a car-oriented Las Vegas setting, without identifying a specific property.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but property identification and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed before reuse.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1966 Las Vegas 8mm fountains, vintage Nevada travel footage, roadside resort fountains, and mid-century home movie inserts.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1966 Las Vegas clips, then broader 1960s travel, roadside, and fountain-themed material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing illuminated fountain spray beside mid-century buildings from a moving roadside viewpoint. — Fountains pass by in front of dark building facades at sunset.

1966 Las Vegas 8mm frame with arcing fountain jets, a low dark foreground, and mid-century building forms in warm light. — Arcing fountain jets appear against a blocky building and pale evening sky.

1966 Las Vegas home-movie view of a fountain display with a tall vertical feature near the right edge and dark frame vignetting. — A passing vehicle view catches the fountain row and a tall vertical feature.

1966 Las Vegas 8mm frame showing several fountain plumes and long building facades, with dark vignette and roadside foreground. — Multiple fountain plumes continue along the building frontage.

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