Las Vegas Nevada-1966: Neon Hotel Sign at Night

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

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Neon Hotel Sign at Night — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures the dazzling neon glow of a Las Vegas hotel sign at night. The iconic vertical sign, illuminated in vibrant red and blue, stands tall against the dark sky, surrounded by other glowing signs and distant city lights. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle, shows a slight blur and film grain, evoking the authentic feel of a classic American road trip. A brief glimpse of a person in a light-colored dress appears near a pillar, adding a human element to the scene. This archival clip offers a nostalgic look at mid-century Las Vegas nightlife, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124051715

Rights & Clearance

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 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 (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: Las Vegas, 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: 1960s Las Vegas home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for nighttime neon, roadside tourism, and mid-century city atmosphere.
Period detail: The glowing vertical hotel sign, dark roadway, and saturated neon may show the visual texture of Las Vegas nightlife in the mid-1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vehicle, with a brief street-level glimpse of a person near a lit entrance or pillar.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include neon hotel signage, distant illuminated storefronts, roadway darkness, streetlights, film gate edges, and a person in a light dress near a building column.
Film character: The 8mm film scan shows heavy grain, soft focus, motion blur, dark exposure, and saturated neon color typical of handheld night home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for Las Vegas arrival, nightlife, tourism, or road-trip sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places neon advertising and automobile-based sightseeing at the center of the Las Vegas street experience shown here.
Research note: Human likeness and visible brand or hotel signage may require review; copyright, trademark, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1966 Las Vegas neon sign, 8mm nighttime hotel footage, vintage Vegas road trip, and 1960s casino district lights.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Las Vegas footage, then broader themes of neon nightlife and American road travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Las Vegas night view with a bright vertical neon hotel sign, distant storefront lights, and dark roadway foreground. — Neon hotel signage glows against a dark Las Vegas street scene.

1966 Las Vegas footage shows a tall glowing hotel sign, nearby illuminated signs, streetlights, and heavy night-film grain. — A tall neon hotel sign stands among scattered nighttime lights.

A moving 8mm view of Las Vegas at night shows a vertical neon hotel sign, blurred lights, and dark road foreground. — Motion blur and grain soften the neon hotel sign and roadside lights.

1966 Las Vegas street-level frame shows a person in a light dress near a lit column, with dark building frontage and roadway nearby. — A person stands near a lit entrance or pillar in the nighttime street scene.

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