Fort Wayne Indiana-1974: Mid-Century Motel With Classic Station Wagon

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationFort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Fort Wayne Indiana

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Mid-Century Motel With Classic Station Wagon — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a mid-century motel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The footage features a modernist building with large glass windows, white curtains, and a distinctive sloped roof. A classic station wagon is parked in the foreground, and lounge chairs sit on a patio area. The scenes show the motel's exterior, including a long wing of rooms and landscaped grounds with shrubs and a small pool area. The film exhibits characteristic 8mm grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel.

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, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124350288

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Midwest travel, roadside lodging, motel architecture, or family-road-trip documentary sequences needing authentic 8mm exterior footage.
Period detail: The sloped roofline, large glass frontage, patio lounge chairs, low motel wing, and station wagon may show mid-century roadside motel design still in use in 1974.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the motel grounds from a casual visitor perspective, emphasizing arrival, lodging, and travel atmosphere rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glass-front motel entrance, white curtains, long room wing, landscaped rocks, shrubs, patio lounge chairs, road edge, and a station wagon.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, frame jitter, and uneven exposure across the brief exterior views.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, roadside lodging cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for automobile travel and motel stays in Fort Wayne, with modernist roadside architecture and landscaped grounds in view.
Research note: People and possible brand or property identifiers may require review for likeness, trademark, and property concerns, separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 Fort Wayne motel footage, 1970s roadside lodging, 8mm Midwest travel film, classic station wagon, and mid-century motel exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Fort Wayne or 1974 travel footage, then broader 1970s motel, roadside, and station wagon material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Fort Wayne motel exterior showing a modernist glass entrance, sloped roof, white curtains, patio seating, and landscaped grounds. — Modernist motel entrance with glass walls, curtains, patio chairs, and landscaped foreground.

Fort Wayne motel room wing in 1974 seen across lawn and stone landscaping, with shrubs and low exterior room windows. — Low motel room wing with lawn, stone border, shrubs, and small fixtures in the grounds.

1974 motel exterior in Fort Wayne showing a long room wing, brick side wall, landscaped rocks, shrubs, and patio lounge chairs. — Motel wing and landscaped grounds with shrubs, rocks, patio chairs, and a brick side wall.

Fort Wayne motel exterior in 1974 with sloped-roof glass entrance, patio chairs, landscaped shrubs, road, and a classic station wagon. — Sloped-roof motel entrance and landscaped patio area with a station wagon at the road edge.

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