MT. Lemmon Arizona-1971: Mt Lemmon Inn with Neon Signage

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMt. Lemmon, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, United States
StatusDirect License

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MT. Lemmon Arizona-1971: Mt Lemmon Inn with Neon Signage — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1971 captures the rustic Mt Lemmon Inn in California. The footage shows a weathered wooden lodge with prominent yellow neon signage reading "MT LEMMON INN" and a white sign advertising "FOOD BAR & DANCING." Additional directional signs point to the Sugar Pine Room, Cocktail Lounge, and Lodging. The building features a stone chimney, wooden railings, and a balcony with yellow chairs. The scene is set in a wooded area, with a white car visible in the foreground, evoking a nostalgic 1970s roadside stop. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 footage.

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: 125064485

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archive requests needing a brief roadside inn, lodge, restaurant, or travel-stop exterior for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The yellow lodge lettering, painted food and dancing sign, cocktail lounge direction signs, wood railings, and visible car may show early-1970s roadside hospitality design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, scanning the inn frontage and signs as a traveler records a memorable stop rather than a staged promotion.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the Mt Lemmon Inn sign, food bar and dancing board, cocktail lounge and lodging arrows, wooden balcony, stone chimney, yellow chairs, trees, and a white car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, mild exposure shifts, and saturated yellows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, roadside Americana cutaway, or memory beat before a mountain-lodge or restaurant sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a rustic inn exterior and leisure-oriented signage, offering visual context for automobile travel, lodging, dining, and entertainment stops in the 1970s.
Research note: Brand and venue signage are visible, so users should review trademark, property, and location-identification issues separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm inn exterior, 1970s roadside lodge sign, Mt Lemmon Inn home movie, food bar dancing sign, and vintage cocktail lounge lodging sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 California travel exteriors, then broader 1970s roadside lodging, restaurant, and mountain resort footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 home-movie view of a wooden Mt Lemmon Inn facade with a food bar and dancing sign and arrows for lounge, lodging, and rooms. — Food bar and dancing signage hangs on the weathered wooden inn frontage.
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1971 California footage shows the Mt Lemmon Inn lettering, balcony windows, yellow chairs, and a white food bar and dancing sign. — The Mt Lemmon Inn name and dining sign dominate the lodge exterior.
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The camera frames the wooden inn exterior, stone chimney, balcony, stairs, Mt Lemmon lettering, and signs for food, lounge, lodging, and rooms. — A closer angle shows the chimney, stairway, balcony, and inn signage.
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1971 home-movie frame shows the inn balcony, exterior stairs, stone chimney, wooded backdrop, and a white car passing or parked in front. — A white car appears below the inn balcony and exterior staircase.
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