Las Vegas Nevada-1966: Water Fountain Display in Las Vegas

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

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

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Water Fountain Display in Las Vegas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched fountain display in Las Vegas, Nevada. Water jets shoot upward in rhythmic bursts, creating a dynamic spectacle against the backdrop of mid-century modern buildings. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly overexposed sky, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. The camera remains steady, focusing on the choreographed water patterns and the surrounding urban landscape, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or historical content.

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: 124051371

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: 1960s Las Vegas home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about travel, resort scenery, urban fountains, or mid-century leisure imagery.
Period detail: The frames show a low fountain plaza with blocky modern buildings and warm 8mm color, supporting a mid-1960s urban Las Vegas setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the fountain display as a scenic attraction rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible details include arcing water jets, rounded fountain bursts, a reflective pool edge, paved foreground, dark building silhouettes, and bright overexposed sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, gate shadows, warm highlights, slight softness, and exposure contrast that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert for 1960s Las Vegas atmosphere.
Historical context: The view reflects public-facing leisure scenery and architectural surroundings rather than identifiable people or a named event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property-related context before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1966 Las Vegas fountain footage, 8mm Nevada travel scenery, vintage hotel plaza fountain, and 1960s home movie water display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1966 Las Vegas material, then broader vintage fountain or travel-scenery clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing fountain water jets and blocky buildings against an overexposed sky. — Water shoots upward from a fountain plaza with buildings in the background.

Las Vegas 8mm frame from 1966 showing a wide fountain display before dark mid-century building forms. — A low fountain line and larger water bursts play across the plaza.

1966 Las Vegas fountain scene with multiple water jets, a curved basin edge, and dark building silhouettes. — Multiple fountain jets rise from the basin beneath a bright sky.

Vintage 8mm Las Vegas frame showing fountain spray across a plaza with modern building silhouettes. — The fountain display continues, framed by plaza pavement and shaded buildings.

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