Cottonwood Arizona-1964: Hon-Dah Motel Sign Among Pine Trees

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCottonwood, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Cottonwood Arizona

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Hon-Dah Motel Sign Among Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the Hon-dah Motel sign in Cottonwood, Arizona, surrounded by dense pine trees. The footage shows a classic roadside stop with a white sign reading 'Hon-dah Motel' and 'No Vacancy,' set against a backdrop of a forested landscape. A white vehicle is briefly visible among the trees, suggesting a quiet, rural roadside scene. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of Super 8 footage, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic period detail for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124565933

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: 1964 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: Cottonwood, Arizona, 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 requests needing 1960s 8mm roadside travel footage, especially motel signage, rural Arizona stops, or quiet Americana cutaways for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The visible motel sign, no-vacancy notice, roadside mailbox, older vehicle glimpse, and forested two-lane setting support a mid-1960s travel context without asserting details beyond the supplied date and location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot roadside perspective, briefly observing a motel sign and surrounding pines as part of a casual travel memory rather than a staged property view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Hon-dah Motel sign, a no-vacancy panel, pine trees, a roadside mailbox, paved road edge, grassy shoulder, distant signs, and a brief white vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and rounded frame borders that preserve the physical texture of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, roadside motel cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about 1960s driving, lodging, or Arizona landscapes.
Historical context: The footage reflects automobile-era lodging and rural roadside scenery, showing how a small motel stop was framed within trees and open roadside space in the supplied Cottonwood, Arizona context.
Research note: The motel name is visible and should be reviewed for trademark or brand-identification concerns; no people are visible, but copyright, location, and property issues require separate clearance review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Arizona motel sign, Cottonwood roadside motel 8mm footage, no-vacancy sign home movie, pine trees roadside stop, and vintage travel lodging cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Cottonwood or Arizona travel footage, then broader 1960s motel, roadside sign, and rural driving scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Cottonwood, Arizona 8mm frame showing a partly visible Hon-dah Motel sign among pine trees and a white vehicle near the road. — Partly framed Hon-dah Motel sign seen through roadside trees.

1964 Cottonwood, Arizona roadside view with pine trees, a mailbox, grass, and distant motel-area signage. — Roadside mailbox and forested motel approach in Cottonwood.

1964 Cottonwood, Arizona 8mm frame with a roadside mailbox, pine trees, grassy shoulder, and distant signage near the motel area. — Mailbox and signs along a quiet pine-lined road.

1964 Cottonwood, Arizona frame showing a pine-lined roadside, mailbox, grassy shoulder, and distant motel-area signs on 8mm film. — Soft 8mm view of roadside trees, mailbox, and distant signs.

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