Belleville Illinois-1966: Signs On The Side Of The Road For Hotels On A Sunny

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationBelleville, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Signs On The Side Of The Road For Hotels On A Sunny — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures two roadside signs in Belleville, Illinois. The first frame shows a close-up of a dark wooden sign with elegant gold script reading 'Eugene Field House.' The subsequent frames reveal a larger white sign for the 'Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows,' featuring a statue of a robed figure atop the structure, surrounded by trees under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American roadside aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125317122

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 2121 · Super 8 · 3″ reel
Original reel label: pigs,clogs,cats,fast moving
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1966 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: Belleville, Illinois, 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 Saint Louis-area roadside and destination signage for documentary inserts, travel sequences, or mid-century home-movie context.
Period detail: The frames show hand-lettered roadside signs, mature landscaping, and 8mm color exposure that support a 1966 travel-film reading from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot roadside perspective, briefly collecting place names from a moving or handheld camera rather than staging a formal landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Eugene Field House sign, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sign, red lettering, a robed statue form, trees, bright sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight jitter, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, route-marker insert, travel transition, or memory beat between Saint Louis-area exterior scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects how mid-century travelers documented roadside cultural and religious destinations through quick sign views and passing-camera composition.
Research note: Signs and a religious shrine name are visible, so copyright, trademark, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from the absence of visible people.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1966 8mm Saint Louis roadside signs, Eugene Field House sign, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sign, and vintage Missouri travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Saint Louis or Missouri travel footage, then broader 1960s roadside sign material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Saint Louis home-movie frame showing a close view of a dark Eugene Field House sign with ornate gold lettering. — Close view of the Eugene Field House sign in ornate script.

1966 Saint Louis-area frame showing the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows roadside sign with a robed statue form above trees. — Roadside sign for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows with trees below.

1966 Saint Louis-area frame with a cropped view of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sign partly obscured by trees. — Cropped roadside view of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sign.

1966 Saint Louis-area frame showing a steadier view of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows roadside sign above trees. — Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sign seen from the roadside.

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