Michigan USA-1960: Tour Of Car On Map

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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Tour Of Car On Map — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of a classic American car placed atop a road map of Michigan. The black sedan with a white roof is positioned over the Detroit area, suggesting a family road trip or vacation planning. The map features yellow state boundaries and red highways, with a red star marking a location. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The final frame shifts to a dark, rocky landscape, possibly indicating arrival at a destination. This archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and the nostalgia of postwar travel.

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: 125496916

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Michigan, 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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing a concise home-movie insert about Michigan road travel, route planning, or mid-century family mobility.
Period detail: The small black car model on a printed Michigan road map may show period travel-planning imagery supported by the 1960 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The staged tabletop view has home-movie value as a family travel-planning gesture rather than a public event or performed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black toy car, pale road map, Detroit inset, red route lines, state boundary markings, red star symbols, dark frame edges, and a final rocky low-light view.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that give the clip its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a road-trip setup insert, map cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat before destination footage.
Historical context: The clip visually connects Michigan geography with car travel, reflecting domestic trip planning without proving a specific route, destination, or family itinerary.
Research note: No people are visible, but the printed map design and toy-car styling may require review for copyright, trademark, or product-identification concerns depending on use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960 Michigan road map home movie, 8mm car on map insert, vintage Detroit travel planning footage, and mid-century American road trip cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Michigan footage, then broader car travel, map planning, and vacation-arrival material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small black car with a light roof sits on a printed Michigan road map, with Detroit visible in an inset area. — Toy car positioned over a Michigan map near Detroit.

The car remains on the Michigan map, surrounded by pale map shading, red road lines, and a red star marker. — Car marker on printed Michigan road map.

A black toy car sits over the lower portion of a Michigan road map, close to a Detroit inset and yellow boundary markings. — Map close-up with car near the Detroit inset.

A dim final frame shows a rocky textured surface in low light, with surrounding areas falling into shadow. — Low-light rocky scene at the end of the clip.

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