Holland Michigan-1969: Motel With Giant Animal Chef Statue On Its Roof

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHolland, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Holland Michigan

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Motel With Giant Animal Chef Statue On Its Roof — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1969 in Holland, Michigan, showcasing the Snow Flake Motel. The footage opens on a distinctive brick motel building with a large black cow statue wearing a chef's hat perched on its roof, a classic roadside attraction. A white 1960s station wagon is parked in front. The clip then cuts to a clear shot of the motel's iconic blue sign, which reads 'SNOW FLAKE MOTEL' and 'FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT' in red lettering, set against a backdrop of green trees. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, capturing a nostalgic slice of American roadside Americana.

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: 125594066

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 1020 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: holland michigan
Date: 1969 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: Holland, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial requests needing roadside motel exteriors, Midwestern travel culture, or brief Americana cutaways from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white station wagon, brick motel facade, roof-mounted animal chef figure, and painted roadside sign provide visible late-1960s travel-era cues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on the motel building and sign as a traveler records an unusual roadside attraction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brick motel, roof railing, large animal chef statue, white station wagon, blue Snow Flake Motel sign, red lettering, trees, and lawn.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, gate edges, grain, and mild handheld steadiness consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, roadside-travel cutaway, motel transition, or memory beat in a 1960s Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates motel travel within a car-oriented roadside setting, with novelty signage and architecture presented as a travel stop.
Research note: The motel name and sign lettering are visible, so trademark, copyright, location identification, and property-related uses should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches may include 1969 Holland Michigan motel footage, Snow Flake Motel sign, 8mm roadside attraction, or giant animal chef statue roof.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Holland or Michigan 1969 travel footage, then broader motel, roadside sign, and Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie view of a brick motel with a roof-mounted animal chef statue and a white station wagon outside. — Brick motel exterior with a novelty animal chef figure on the roof.

1969 Holland, Michigan motel exterior showing the large roof animal chef figure above a brick building and parked station wagon. — Motel roofline with novelty statue and parked station wagon.

1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie frame of the blue Snow Flake Motel sign with red lettering against trees and lawn. — Snow Flake Motel roadside sign in a green landscaped setting.

Clear 1969 Holland, Michigan view of the Snow Flake Motel roadside sign, including red lettering and wooded background. — Close view of the Snow Flake Motel sign and surrounding trees.

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