Greenwood Lake New York-1964: A Couple Walks Past Motel Sign

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationGreenwood Lake, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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A Couple Walks Past Motel Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a couple walking toward the camera at Greenwood Lake, New York. The man wears a light-colored V-neck shirt and trousers, while the woman is in a patterned top and green pants, carrying a small bag. They pass a large white sign for 'Greenwood Lake Motel Cottages' with red lettering, set against a backdrop of trees, a wooden fence, and large rocks. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana vacation atmosphere.

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: 124937690

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 1062 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: greenwood lake summer
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: greenwood lake
Date: 1964 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: Greenwood Lake, New York, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm vacation footage useful for documentary or commercial edits needing a small-town motel, roadside lodging, or couple-on-holiday scene in Greenwood Lake, New York.
Period detail: The large painted motel-cottages sign, casual clothing, 8mm color stock, and simple roadside landscaping support a mid-1960s leisure-travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears relaxed and aware of the camera as they walk closer, giving the clip an unstaged family-travel or vacation-memory quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a couple walking, a Greenwood Lake Motel Cottages sign, red lettering, a low curb, trees, flags, a wooden fence, and large rocks.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for 1960s travel, motel culture, lake vacations, or personal road-trip sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows casual visitors near a motel sign, reflecting everyday mid-century leisure travel without making claims about the business beyond what is visible.
Research note: Human likenesses and the motel sign should be reviewed separately from film copyright, especially for commercial use or identification-sensitive contexts.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Greenwood Lake motel sign, 1960s New York vacation home movie, 8mm couple walking past motel, and roadside cottages sign footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then Greenwood Lake or 1964 New York material, then broader 1960s motel, roadside, and vacation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame from Greenwood Lake, New York, showing a couple walking past a white motel-cottages sign with red lettering. — Couple walking near the Greenwood Lake motel sign.

At Greenwood Lake in 1964, the couple continues past the partially cropped motel sign, with rocks, trees, flags, and fencing behind them. — The couple approaches with the motel sign cropped at left.

The couple passes the Greenwood Lake Motel Cottages sign, with red lettering, a low curb, flags, trees, and a rock feature visible. — Couple passing the motel-cottages sign.

Close 1964 Greenwood Lake frame of the couple near the motel sign, with the woman carrying a small bag and trees, fence, rocks, and flags behind them. — Closer view of the couple near the motel entrance sign.

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