Dawson City Canada-1946: Dawson Hotel in Heavy Snow with Truck

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationDawson City, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Dawson Hotel in Heavy Snow with Truck — Clip Details

ALASKA-1946: Snow falls heavily outside the Dawson Hotel, a multi-story building with a prominent sign. A vintage truck is parked in front, its bed empty. The scene shifts to a deep purple-tinted night view of a massive snowdrift, suggesting a harsh winter storm. Shot on 8mm film, this archival footage captures a quiet, snowy moment in a historic Alaskan town, with grainy texture and period details.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
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: 124550200

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 1178 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1946 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: Dawson City, Canada 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Alaska winter sequences needing exterior hotel, snowfall, or storm aftermath cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The Dawson Hotel sign, multi-story facade, snow buildup, and rounded vintage truck may show mid-1940s street and lodging details in Alaska.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot, lingering on a recognizable hotel exterior and then a snowdrift rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Dawson Hotel sign, upper windows, stucco facade, parked flatbed truck, roadside snow, dark doorways, and a purple-tinted night snowbank.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, exposure shifts, and color cast that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, weather transition, location establishing beat, or visual memory of a severe northern winter.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for hotel-front street life and heavy snow conditions in Alaska without confirming the exact town from the frames alone.
Research note: Human review should note the visible Dawson Hotel sign and identifiable exterior; copyright, trademark, and property considerations remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Alaska 8mm hotel exterior, Dawson Hotel snow, vintage truck in snowfall, and home-movie winter storm aftermath.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Alaska travel footage, then other 1946 Alaska town views, then broader vintage snowstorm and hotel exterior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Alaska 8mm frame showing the Dawson Hotel sign above a snowy hotel facade with windows and a truck partly visible at street level. — Dawson Hotel exterior in snowfall with the sign clearly visible above the facade.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame with a vintage truck parked in front of the Dawson Hotel facade during snowy conditions. — Vintage truck parked outside the hotel as snow covers the street edge.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame showing a parked flatbed truck below the Dawson Hotel windows, with snow along the curb and facade. — Parked flatbed truck beneath hotel windows after heavy snowfall.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame with a purple-tinted night view of a large snowdrift after a heavy storm, with dark structures behind it. — Purple-tinted night view of a high snowdrift after the storm.

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