Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: Motel Courtyard with Lawn and Rocky Mountain

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Cheyenne Wyoming

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Motel Courtyard with Lawn and Rocky Mountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched motel courtyard in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A lush green lawn stretches toward a low-slung building with a covered walkway, framed by small trees and palm fronds. A prominent rocky mountain rises in the background under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic mid-century Americana scenery. Ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-accurate visual storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125291589

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: 1961 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: Cheyenne, Wyoming, 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 U.S. travel, roadside lodging, or mid-century home-movie cutaways needing a quiet motel courtyard exterior.
Period detail: The low covered walkway, clipped lawn, small ornamental trees, and saturated 8mm color may show early-1960s roadside motel landscaping.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the courtyard from a casual visitor perspective, holding on the lawn, building, and rocky backdrop without staging or visible activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright green lawn, small trees, bushes, a low building with a covered walkway, palm fronds, a sidewalk edge, and a rocky hill beyond.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm texture, warm color saturation, slight handheld steadiness, and high midday exposure around the sky.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, motel establishing cutaway, regional transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene places leisure travel or lodging within a landscaped Western setting, emphasizing outdoor space and a low-slung building rather than people.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1961 8mm motel courtyard, Cheyenne Wyoming home movie, mid-century roadside lodging, green lawn travel footage, or rocky hill backdrop may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cheyenne 1961 exteriors, then broader 1960s motel, roadside travel, and Western landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Cheyenne home-movie frame showing a sunlit motel courtyard lawn, small trees, shaded walkway, and rocky hill beyond. — Sunlit motel courtyard with lawn and rocky backdrop.

1961 Cheyenne frame of a motel courtyard, with clipped grass, ornamental trees, a shaded building front, and rocky terrain behind. — Lawn and shaded building front beneath a rocky hill.

1961 Cheyenne home-movie view across a motel lawn toward a covered walkway and rocky hill, with trees crossing the frame. — Courtyard lawn viewed through trees toward the motel walkway.

1961 Cheyenne frame holding on the landscaped motel courtyard, shaded low building, palm fronds, and rocky hill under bright sky. — Landscaped motel courtyard with shaded walkway and hill beyond.

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