Silver Lake California-1966: A View Of A Old West Looking Ghost Town In The

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSilver Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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A View Of A Old West Looking Ghost Town In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a classic Old West ghost town in Silver Lake, California. The camera pans across weathered wooden buildings, including the prominent Calico House, with period-appropriate wagon wheels and railings in the foreground. Dusty streets, arid hills, and a clear blue sky evoke the atmosphere of a bygone era. The footage shows signs of age with natural film grain and slight color fading, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124058083

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: 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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,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: Silver Lake, California, 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 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing a visitor view of an Old West-style ghost town set or attraction in California.
Period detail: The clip shows weathered frontier-style storefronts, wagon wheels, rail fencing, dusty streets, arid hills, and a visible Calico House sign.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, panning casually across the street frontage rather than staging an event or performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooden storefronts, wagon wheels, rail fencing, a paved street, a small wagon, arid hills, sky, and the Calico House sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing consistent with mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for Western tourism, roadside attractions, or ghost-town atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene documents a 1966 visitor view of a constructed Old West environment, with frontier imagery presented as a tourist or display setting.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable Calico House sign and identifiable attraction setting should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and property context.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1966 8mm ghost town, California Old West attraction, Calico House sign, vintage Western storefronts, and home movie desert town.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with 1966 California or Silver Lake material, then with other Old West tourist attraction and desert roadside footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 8mm view of a California Old West-style street with wagon wheels in the foreground, wooden buildings, fencing, and arid hills. — Wagon wheels and rail fencing frame an Old West-style street with wooden storefronts in the distance.

Visitor-shot 1966 8mm frame showing Old West-style storefronts, wagon wheels, fencing, a quiet street, and hills in California. — A quiet frontier-style street is seen past wagon wheels and a low wooden fence.

1966 8mm frame with a readable Calico House sign, wooden balcony, wagon wheels, street frontage, and arid hills. — The Calico House sign appears above a wooden frontier-style building along the street.

1966 8mm view of the Calico House frontage with sign, wooden posts, a small wagon, street, and hills in the background. — The camera settles on the Calico House frontage, with a small wagon and hills beyond the street.

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