Fort Wayne Indiana-1974: Summer Time Hotel Parking Lot 1974

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

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Summer Time Hotel Parking Lot 1974 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched motel scene in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The footage features a white, two-story motel with a prominent 'Sea Missile Motel' sign, palm trees, and a white van parked in the lot. The color palette is distinctly retro, with saturated blues and greens, and the grainy texture of Super 8 film is evident throughout. The camera moves steadily, offering views of the motel's mid-century architecture and surrounding landscape under a clear sky.

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: 124445940

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: 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 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 U.S. travel, roadside lodging, motel architecture, and summer vacation cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show a two-story motel, roadside sign, palm trees, a white van, and saturated 8mm color that support a 1970s travel-home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, panning or drifting past a motel exterior without staging, narration, or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Sea Missile Motel sign, low motel canopy, two-story guest wing, palm trees, hedges, roadside curb, utility lines, and a white van.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, slight softness, saturated blues and greens, and uneven exposure across the scanned frames.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief motel establishing shot, travel transition, roadside insert, or nostalgic vacation-memory beat.
Historical context: The scene reflects automobile-era motel travel and mid-century roadside design as seen from a 1974 home-movie viewpoint.
Research note: Visible motel signage may require trademark or location review, while copyright, property, and publicity considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 8mm motel footage, Fort Wayne Indiana home movie, 1970s roadside lodging, vintage hotel parking lot, and summer travel exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then Fort Wayne or 1974 travel material, then broader 1970s motel and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Fort Wayne home-movie frame showing a roadside motel exterior with the Sea Missile Motel sign, low canopy, hedges, and utility lines. — Sea Missile Motel sign and shaded exterior viewed from across the road.

1974 Fort Wayne frame with the Sea Missile Motel sign, low roadside building, two-story guest wing, hedges, and overhead wires. — Roadside motel frontage with sign and guest rooms in bright daylight.

1974 Fort Wayne home-movie view of the motel's two-story guest wing, hedges, palm tree, curb, and partial roadside signage. — Two-story motel wing and palm tree as the camera moves past the property.

1974 Fort Wayne frame showing the motel guest wing, palm trees, hedges, roadside curb, utility poles, and a white van parked nearby. — Motel guest wing, palms, and parked white van in a sunlit roadside view.

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