Silver Lake California-1966: For Rent Cabin Sign

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

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For Rent Cabin Sign — Clip Details

A close-up of a vintage 8mm home movie clip from Silver Lake, California, 1966, showing a hand-written 'For Rent' sign for a cabin with a stove for $10.00 a month. The sign notes the roof needs fixing and the well is run dry, but the cabin is otherwise in good shape, with contact information for C.O. Scroggin. The footage captures the worn texture of the paper and the handwritten text in a nostalgic, archival style.

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: 124058280

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,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: Silver Lake, California, 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 documentary or education edits needing a close insert of handwritten rural housing, rent, or notice-board material from archival 8mm footage.
Period detail: The handwritten rental notices, low monthly price, paper texture, and 8mm color scan support a mid-1960s home-movie context tied to Silver Lake, California metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies posted notices at close range, preserving casual roadside or community-board detail rather than a staged housing scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pinned paper signs, handwritten rental text, wood backing, nail heads, uneven paper edges, shadowed borders, and film-frame divisions.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, warm exposure, slight gate edges, and contact-sheet duplication that give the sign a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for low-cost housing, local notices, rural cabins, or handwritten public information.
Historical context: The signs suggest modest rental or sale notices and practical concerns such as repairs, dry water access, goods, and household chattel without showing people.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but handwritten names and possible property references should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s 8mm footage of handwritten for rent signs, cabin rental notices, vintage paper notices, or Silver Lake California home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Silver Lake 1966 footage, then related clips of handwritten signs, housing notices, posted paper, or rural property details.

Still Frames From This Clip

Silver Lake, California 1966 home-movie frame showing a handwritten cabin rental sign with stove, roof repair note, and C.O. Scroggin contact. — Pinned handwritten notice advertises a cabin with stove for $10.00 a month.

Close 1966 Silver Lake frame of a pinned rental notice describing a cabin, a dry well, needed roof repairs, and contact name. — The rental sign notes roof repairs and a dry well while claiming the cabin is otherwise in good shape.

Archival 8mm frame from Silver Lake, California showing overlapping handwritten paper notices about goods and chattel, pinned to wood. — Two posted handwritten notices fill the frame, with one angled sign mentioning goods and chattel.

Silver Lake 1966 home-movie frame showing an angled handwritten notice about selling goods and chattel beside another cropped paper sign. — An angled sign announces goods and chattel for sale, with a second notice partly visible at left.

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