California-1964: Red Motel with Striped Balcony and Station Wagon

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Red Motel with Striped Balcony and Station Wagon — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a two-story motel building with distinctive red wood siding and a colorful green, white, and red striped balcony railing. A classic American station wagon is parked in front, surrounded by lush green trees and manicured shrubs. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows a slight pan across the building, revealing its mid-century modern design and the quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of a California roadside stop during the 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127381701

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: Supports 1960s California roadside lodging or mid-century travel sequences needing a brief exterior motel cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The red wood siding, striped balcony panels, exterior room doors, and station wagon may show a mid-1960s roadside motel design and travel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from across the road or behind a dark foreground edge, giving the motel the casual, unstaged feel of a traveler noticing a place in passing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-story red motel, striped balcony railing, exterior doors and windows, a parked station wagon, shrubs, trees, pavement, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and a slight handheld pan that give the exterior view a home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a California travel insert, motel arrival cutaway, roadside transition, or brief memory beat within a 1960s journey sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects car-oriented lodging and outdoor room access visible in many mid-century roadside travel environments, without identifying the specific motel.
Research note: Review for incidental likeness and property context because a small person may be visible and the motel exterior is identifiable, while copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 California motel exterior, 8mm roadside lodging, mid-century motel balcony, classic station wagon, and 1960s travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1964 travel material, then broader 1960s motel, roadside lodging, and classic car exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 California 8mm frame showing a red two-story motel, striped balcony panels, shrubs, trees, and a parked station wagon. — Red motel exterior with striped balcony and parked station wagon, seen through dark film-frame edges.

1964 California home-movie frame of a red motel facade with striped balcony railing and a station wagon parked near the rooms. — Motel facade and classic station wagon framed by trees and foreground film borders.

1964 California frame showing the motel from a slightly shifted angle, with striped balcony railing, a parked wagon, trees, and a small distant person. — Slight pan across the motel exterior with balcony, trees, and a small figure near the upper walkway.

1964 California 8mm frame of the red motel partly obscured by trees, with striped balcony panels, room doors, shrubs, and road foreground. — Tree-framed view of the red motel and striped balcony as the camera pans past.

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