Cottonwood Arizona-1964: Car Passing by Cowboy-Topped Motel Sign in Pines

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

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Car Passing by Cowboy-Topped Motel Sign in Pines — Clip Details

COTTONWOOD ARIZONA-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a classic American roadside scene. The Hon-dah Motel sign, topped with a whimsical cowboy figure, stands amidst a dense pine forest. A 1960s car, its purple and white body visible, passes by the sign, with a passenger briefly seen inside. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of the era, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century travel and roadside Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 124565997

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: 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: 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 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing a brief roadside travel insert from Arizona home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible motel sign, passing mid-century car, and 8mm color texture support a 1960s roadside Americana setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming from near the road as a car passes a motel entrance sign among pines.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Hon-dah Motel sign, pine trees, a purple-and-white car, a passenger silhouette, roadside shadows, and forest landscape.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, color fading, gate edges, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, roadside cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century trip sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects car-based motel travel and wooded roadside settings in the 1960s without making claims beyond the visible sign and vehicle.
Research note: Human likeness and the Hon-dah Motel signage may need review, with copyright, trademark, and likeness considerations assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Arizona 8mm motel sign, 1960s car passing roadside sign, vintage home movie travel, and pine forest roadside Americana.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then Cottonwood Arizona 1964 travel footage, then broader 1960s motel, car, and roadside sign material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Arizona home-movie frame showing the Hon-dah Motel entrance sign in a wooded pine setting. — Hon-dah Motel entrance sign framed by pine trees.

A purple-and-white car passes the Hon-dah Motel sign in 1964 Arizona home-movie footage. — Passing car partially blocks the motel sign.

Close side view of a 1960s car with a passenger silhouette, filmed in Cottonwood, Arizona home-movie footage. — Vintage car passes close to the camera.

Wooded Arizona pine landscape in the final frame of the 1964 home-movie clip. — Pine forest view after the roadside pass-by.

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