Cottonwood Arizona-1964: Cottonwood Motel with Automobiles

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

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Cottonwood Motel with Automobiles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a nostalgic scene at the Cottonwood Motel in Arizona. The footage shows a classic mid-century parking lot with several 1960s automobiles, a white building with a gabled roof, and a distinctive sign featuring a Native American figure. Colorful bunting hangs across the lot, suggesting a festive or seasonal event. The surrounding area is filled with tall pine trees, and the film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of Super 8 home movies. The camera pans slowly, offering a quiet, observational glimpse into a roadside stop from the era.

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: 124565973

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

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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: Supports archival requests for 1960s American roadside travel footage, especially documentary inserts about motels, car trips, and small-town vacation stops.
Period detail: Visible era clues include mid-century automobiles, a low roadside motel building, festive bunting, and a sign style consistent with 1960s travel culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a parking area, trees, and motel signage as part of a casual travel record rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: The frames show a motel parking lot, several parked cars, a white gabled building, tall trees, bunting, and a roadside sign with a Native American figure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, dark rounded frame edges, slight color fading, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, roadside transition, or memory beat within a sequence about Arizona travel or mid-century motels.
Historical context: The footage reflects automobile-based leisure travel and roadside lodging culture without making specific claims beyond the Cottonwood, Arizona metadata.
Research note: The motel sign and themed figure may require review for trademark, artwork, cultural depiction, or property concerns, separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Cottonwood Arizona motel, 8mm roadside travel footage, vintage motel parking lot, and 1960s Arizona vacation home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Cottonwood or Arizona footage from 1964, then broader 1960s motel and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Cottonwood, Arizona motel lot with parked mid-century cars, a white gabled structure, bunting, and trees in soft 8mm color. — Parked cars and bunting outside a roadside motel building.

Wide 8mm view of a Cottonwood motel parking area with cars, trees, a small outbuilding, and the motel sign near the right edge. — A slow pan across the motel lot toward trees and roadside signage.

Tree-covered motel grounds in Cottonwood, Arizona, seen from a visitor's 8mm camera with a low bench or barrier in the foreground. — Pine trees and shaded motel grounds after the camera leaves the parking area.

Cottonwood motel sign topped by a Native American figure, with vacancy text, trees, and shaded grounds visible behind it. — The motel sign stands in front of tall trees and shaded grounds.

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