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New York-1951: Spring Lane Hotel Property And A Bridge Over A River

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  • Year1951
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1951 New York

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Spring Lane Hotel Property And A Bridge Over A River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures the Spring Lane Hotel and Casino in New York. The footage shows the building's weathered facade with a prominent sign, a man standing at the entrance, and a small white bridge crossing over a river. Lush green trees and a chain-link fence frame the property, with a blue car visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic mid-century Americana feel, offering authentic archival footage of a roadside establishment from the early 1950s.

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
124925852

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
1951 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
New York, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • hotel
  • bridge
  • fence
  • river
  • property
  • spring
  • lane
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • new york
  • 1951
  • 1951 New York footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Spring Lane Hotel
  • roadside motel 1950s
  • old bridge over river
  • retro American hotel
  • 1950s home movie
  • nostalgic travel footage
  • vintage Super 8
  • 1950s Americana
  • small town USA
  • old car in background
  • chain-link fence
  • 1950s family vacation
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • vintage film
  • 1950s roadside attraction
  • old hotel sign
  • 1950s nostalgia

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing early-1950s New York home-movie footage of a roadside hotel property, small bridge, and quiet exterior grounds.
Period detail
The sign, simple roadside building, parked car, and white footbridge may show mid-century leisure or lodging architecture supported by the 1951 metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes from a visitor's viewpoint, holding on the entrance, fence line, bridge, and grounds rather than staging action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include the Spring Lane Hotel sign, a man near the entrance, chain-link fencing, trees, a blue car, a small white bridge, grass, and a narrow river or creek.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, handheld framing, visible gate edges, warm color fading, and uneven exposure typical of original home-movie film.
Edit role
An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transition into a mid-century New York lodging or roadside setting.
Historical context
The footage provides visual context for a modest hotel or casino property set among trees, fencing, and a small water crossing without proving ownership or public access.
Research note
People and signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and property-identification issues should be reviewed separately from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match
Researchers may search for 1951 New York 8mm hotel exterior, Spring Lane Hotel sign, roadside casino property, white bridge over creek, or mid-century home movie travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1951 New York exteriors, and then with hotel, roadside travel, bridge, creek, or mid-century leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 New York home-movie frame showing the Spring Lane Hotel sign, shaded entrance, grass, posts, and a man near the doorway.
Spring Lane Hotel sign and entrance with a man standing outside.
1951 New York exterior view with chain-link fencing, trees, a blue car, grass, and a light structure beside the property.
Fence line, trees, and parked car on the Spring Lane Hotel grounds.
1951 New York home-movie frame showing a fenced hotel property with a parked blue car and small white bridge under trees.
Parked car and white bridge seen through the fence line.
1951 New York exterior showing a small white bridge over a creek or river, with trees, grass, posts, and a person at right.
White bridge over a narrow waterway beside the hotel property.

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