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Fort Wayne Indiana-1976: A View Of A Restaurant With A Nearly Empty Parking Lot

  • Year1976
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationFort Wayne, Indiana, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1976 Fort Wayne Indiana
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A View Of A Restaurant With A Nearly Empty Parking Lot — Clip Details

FORT WAYNE INDIANA-1976: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a retro roadside restaurant with a prominent yellow neon sign, set against a clear blue sky. The scene features a nearly empty parking lot with yellow-painted curbs and a few classic American cars, including a white Volkswagen Beetle with luggage on its roof. The camera pans across the mid-century modern building, revealing its brick facade and large windows, with a motel visible in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1970s home movie film, evoking a strong sense of Americana and nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124452338

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1976 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
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • hotel
  • restaurant
  • parking
  • lot
  • indiana
  • view
  • empty
  • camera
  • cuts
  • shot
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • fort wayne indiana
  • 1976
  • 1976 vintage film
  • 8mm home movie
  • retro restaurant
  • roadside diner
  • classic cars 1970s
  • Volkswagen Beetle 1970s
  • American roadside architecture
  • mid-century modern building
  • neon sign 1970s
  • vintage parking lot
  • 1970s Americana
  • nostalgic travel footage
  • vintage road trip
  • 1970s family vacation
  • retro commercial building
  • 8mm film footage
  • archival 1970s
  • vintage Americana
  • old film footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
This clip supports 1970s Midwest roadside-Americana requests needing a brief exterior view of a restaurant or motel-adjacent commercial strip in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Period detail
Visible period clues include the low-slung brick-and-glass restaurant frontage, yellow curb stops, painted parking bays, older American cars, and a white Volkswagen Beetle with roof luggage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Fort Wayne roadside restaurant exterior with a yellow sign, brick wall, covered walkway, yellow curb stops, and a few cars in a mostly empty parking lot.
Restaurant exterior and mostly empty lot.

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