Holland Michigan-1969: Roadside Motel with Cabins and Resort Sign

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

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Roadside Motel with Cabins and Resort Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a quiet roadside scene in Holland, Michigan. The clip shows a classic mid-century motel with a prominent sign, flanked by modest cabins and a nearby 'Lakeshore Resort' sign. Several vintage American cars from the era are parked along the street, with leafy trees and power lines framing the view. The footage has the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of roadside Americana from the late 1960s.

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: 125594319

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing a quiet roadside motel and lakeshore-resort cutaway from Holland, Michigan.
Period detail: The motel signage, low roadside buildings, parked American cars, overhead wires, and 8mm color palette support a late-1960s small-town travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot roadside perspective, observing a motel and resort sign from across the street without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motel sign, Lakeshore Resort sign, modest lodging buildings, parked cars, trees, power lines, roadway, and distant water or sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, muted color, and handheld stability typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel transition, roadside Americana cutaway, or brief memory beat for a Michigan vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century automobile travel culture through roadside lodging, simple signage, and parked cars near a lakeshore community.
Research note: Visible business signage and identifiable exterior property merit review; copyright, trademark, and property considerations are separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Searches for 1969 Holland Michigan motel footage, 1960s roadside resort 8mm, vintage lakeshore lodging, or mid-century travel home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Holland travel footage, then other 1969 Michigan material, then broader 1960s motel, roadside, and vacation sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan roadside view with a motel sign, lodging buildings, parked cars, trees, and a Lakeshore Resort sign. — A quiet roadside motel and resort area seen from across the street in Holland, Michigan.

Roadside lodging scene in Holland, Michigan, with visible motel and Lakeshore Resort signs, cars, trees, and overhead wires. — The Lakeshore Resort sign and neighboring motel sign frame a row of parked cars and low buildings.

Holland, Michigan roadside motel view with the Lakeshore Resort sign prominent above a low building and cars parked nearby. — A mid-century roadside lodging scene with resort signage, cars, and trees along the street.

1969 Holland, Michigan motel and resort frontage with parked cars, leafy trees, power lines, and a quiet street. — Parked cars sit beside roadside lodging buildings under trees and overhead wires.

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