Las Vegas Nevada-1966: Night City Lights and Fountain

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

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Night City Lights and Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious nighttime view from Las Vegas, Nevada. The clip opens with a blurred, sun-drenched fountain scene at dusk, featuring a tall cylindrical tower and water jets against a pale sky. The footage then transitions to a dark, grainy night scene with scattered city lights and a faint grid of illuminated windows in the distance. The film shows natural 8mm grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic dark borders of Super 8 projection, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from a mid-century American vacation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124051574

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 sequences needing a brief nighttime city-light cutaway with an opening glimpse of a fountain or plaza scene.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1960s Las Vegas resort-area lighting, fountain architecture, and low-light city views, though no landmark is identifiable from the scan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on lit water and distant night lights rather than staged activity or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include fountain spray, a tall cylindrical tower, pale dusk sky, dark frame borders, scattered streetlights, and a faint grid of lit windows.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, underexposed night areas, and projector-edge borders that give the clip clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert between brighter Las Vegas travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a tourist view of Las Vegas at night, emphasizing illuminated public spaces and distant buildings rather than crowds or casino interiors.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signage are visible, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Las Vegas night lights, 8mm home movie fountain, vintage Nevada travel footage, and dark city view cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1966 Las Vegas clips, then broader 1960s nighttime travel or fountain footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Las Vegas home-movie frame showing a soft, overexposed fountain scene with water jets and a tall cylindrical tower in the distance. — A blurred dusk view of fountain spray and a tall tower, framed by dark 8mm projection edges.

Dark 1966 Las Vegas night frame with scattered city lights and a faintly visible building form against the black background. — Scattered night lights appear across a mostly dark city view.

Underexposed 1966 Las Vegas frame showing streetlights and a distant grid of greenish lit windows through heavy 8mm grain. — Streetlights and a faint window grid sit in a grainy, underexposed night view.

Dark 1966 Las Vegas home-movie frame with bright streetlights scattered across a grainy, low-exposure night scene. — Bright points of streetlight punctuate a dark, grainy night frame.

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