Las Vegas Nevada-1969: City Drive Past Stardust Hotel Sign

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 in Las Vegas Nevada

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City Drive Past Stardust Hotel Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a drive through an Arizona city at dusk. The grainy, purple-tinted footage shows silhouetted streetlights, traffic signals, and a prominent star-adorned sign for the Stardust Hotel and Casino. The camera moves steadily, offering a nostalgic view of mid-century urban architecture and neon-lit landmarks. This authentic archival clip evokes the atmosphere of a classic American road trip, with the grain and color palette characteristic of 8mm home movies from the era.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127474848

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: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1969 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: Las Vegas, Nevada, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s urban travel, roadside landmark, or automobile-view inserts needing authentic 8mm footage of a dusk city drive in the American Southwest.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1960s city streetscape details, including curved streetlights, traffic signals, low-rise buildings, and a star-adorned hotel or casino sign.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot automobile perspective, recording signage and street silhouettes from a moving car rather than a staged city view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dusk sky, silhouetted streetlights, traffic signals, low buildings, passing vehicles, a large sign, star decorations, and film frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy grain, purple-blue dusk color, soft focus, high contrast silhouettes, and slight handheld or vehicle movement.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, travel-memory beat, city arrival insert, or cutaway between broader road-trip and nightlife sequences.
Historical context: The clip reflects a motorist's view of a developed mid-century city corridor where roadside signage, lighting, and traffic infrastructure dominate the scene.
Research note: Review visible branded signage and any identifiable people separately, since copyright, trademark, likeness, and property considerations may differ by use.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1969 8mm city drive, Arizona dusk street footage, vintage home movie traffic lights, and roadside hotel casino sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Arizona or 1969 city-driving material, then with broader 1960s road-trip and neon-sign themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm automobile-view footage of an Arizona city street at dusk, with traffic lights, silhouetted signs, and a purple-blue sky. — A moving-car view frames silhouetted roadside signs and streetlights against the dusk sky.

Arizona city drive frame showing a large star-adorned hotel or casino sign, a lit streetlight, and silhouetted buildings in 1969 8mm footage. — A large sign and star decorations pass close to the camera during the dusk city drive.

1969 Arizona home-movie frame with a prominent roadside hotel or casino sign, traffic signal, streetlight, and dark city silhouettes. — The car passes a prominent roadside sign near traffic signals and streetlights.

Final 1969 8mm frame from an Arizona city drive, showing vehicles, traffic lights, low buildings, and a partial roadside sign at dusk. — Vehicles and traffic signals appear beneath the purple dusk sky as the sign moves out of frame.

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