Fort Wayne Indiana-1976: Highway Car Traffic with Red Car and Beetle

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationFort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Fort Wayne Indiana

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Highway Car Traffic with Red Car and Beetle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures a dynamic highway scene in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The footage shows a red classic car driving under an overpass, with other vehicles including a blue sedan and a white Volkswagen Beetle in motion. A large truck crosses the overpass above, while the camera follows the red car through traffic. The scene is bathed in the characteristic color palette of 1970s film, with visible grain and a slightly faded look. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into American road travel during the era.

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: 124452733

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.

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: 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1976 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

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 1970s documentary or editorial sequences needing Fort Wayne highway traffic, car travel, and everyday American road movement from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show mid-1970s roadway clues including older passenger cars, a Volkswagen Beetle, overpass structures, and an 8mm color palette consistent with the supplied 1976 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to follow traffic from a moving vehicle, giving the scene an unstaged traveler perspective rather than a composed news or commercial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red car, a white Volkswagen Beetle, highway lanes, overpasses, a truck, roadside grass, distant cars, and urban bridge structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, blue-shifted color, gate edges, and handheld motion that preserve the physical texture of the original home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, road-transition shot, period traffic cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s Midwestern sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents everyday automobile travel and highway infrastructure in Fort Wayne without making claims beyond the visible roadway, vehicles, and supplied date metadata.
Research note: People may be visible through vehicle windows, so copyright, likeness, location, and vehicle-identification considerations should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1976 Fort Wayne highway traffic, 1970s 8mm road travel, vintage car overpass footage, and home movie Volkswagen Beetle street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Fort Wayne 1976 roadway footage, then broader 1970s traffic, road-trip, and urban highway material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A red car drives along a Fort Wayne highway in 1976, framed by dark interior edges and an overpass above. — Red car moving under an overpass on a multi-lane roadway.

A red car travels close to the camera on a Fort Wayne highway, with traffic continuing toward an overpass in the distance. — Close view of the red car in moving highway traffic.

The red car slips partly out of frame as the camera passes a Fort Wayne overpass ramp and roadside embankment. — Roadside overpass structure as the red car moves out of view.

A white Volkswagen Beetle drives through Fort Wayne traffic in 1976, with bridge structures and other vehicles around it. — White Volkswagen Beetle traveling through the roadway scene.

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