California-1964: A Lakeside Motel And Parking Lot View From A Car

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 California

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A Lakeside Motel And Parking Lot View From A Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a view from inside a car looking out at a lakeside motel. A brown vehicle with a roof rack is parked in the foreground, while a person walks across the lot. The scene features a two-story wooden motel with colorful striped railings, surrounded by lush green trees and a calm lake under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana road trip.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127381675

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1964 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: California, 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

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 sequences needing a brief California road-trip motel, lakeside parking lot, or travel stop view from an 8mm home movie.
Period detail: The roof rack vehicle, wood-sided two-story motel, striped balcony railings, and muted color stock may show mid-1960s roadside lodging details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint from inside or beside a parked car as a person crosses the lot near a motel and lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a car roof rack, paved parking lot, walking person, trees, lakeshore, two-story wooden motel, striped balcony railings, and parked vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, natural grain, slight handheld movement, rounded frame edges, and subdued exposure from overcast daylight.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, motel arrival cutaway, or memory beat in a 1960s road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents casual car-based travel and lakeside motel lodging in California without making a claim about the exact town or landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 California motel 8mm, lakeside parking lot home movie, 1960s road trip lodging, and vintage car roof rack motel exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with California 1964 travel footage, then with broader 1960s motel, lake, parking lot, and road-trip scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 California 8mm view from a car across a lakeside parking lot, with a roof rack, trees, and a distant person. — A car roof rack frames a quiet lakeside parking lot as a person passes near the trees.

1964 California home-movie frame showing a person walking beside a car roof rack near trees and a lakeside lot. — A pedestrian crosses the lot while the lake and tree line sit beyond the parked car.

1964 California 8mm frame looking across a car roof rack toward a paved lakeside lot and dense trees. — The camera holds on the roof rack and open lot with the lakeshore visible through trees.

1964 California home-movie view of a two-story wood-sided motel with colorful railings and a parked car. — The clip ends on the motel exterior, showing striped balcony railings and a vehicle near the building.

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