Las Vegas-1958: The Desert Of Nevada And Where They First Tested The Nuke

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Las Vegas

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The Desert Of Nevada And Where They First Tested The Nuke — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures the stark, arid landscape of the Nevada desert near Las Vegas. The footage features iconic Joshua trees scattered across dry, dusty terrain with distant mountains under a pale sky. The camera moves slowly across the scene, revealing the desolate beauty of the Mojave environment. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and faded color tones characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of the American Southwest during the Cold War era.

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: 127495291

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1831 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: las vegas,flagstaff
Date: 1958 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: Las Vegas, Nevada, 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 1950s Nevada or American Southwest sequences needing brief 8mm desert landscape inserts near Las Vegas without visible people or buildings.
Period detail: The frames show sparse Mojave desert vegetation, Joshua trees, distant mountains, and faded 8mm color consistent with the supplied 1958 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a traveler or amateur camera pausing on roadside desert scenery rather than staging an event or filming identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Joshua trees, scrub brush, dry ground, low mountain ridges, pale sky, soft focus, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries mid-century 8mm texture through visible grain, softened focus, slight handheld movement, muted color, and uneven exposure at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, establishing insert, or reflective memory beat for desert travel, Nevada landscape, or Cold War-era atmosphere.
Historical context: As supplied, the clip visually situates the viewer in an arid Nevada desert environment during the late 1950s, but the frames do not show test sites, equipment, people, or nuclear activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, interiors, or private property are visible in these frames, though copyright status and location-specific use should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 8mm Nevada desert, Las Vegas desert home movie, Joshua trees vintage footage, Mojave landscape 1950s, and American Southwest archival cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada material, then with broader Mojave desert, road trip, or Cold War-era landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame of a Joshua tree and low desert scrub near Las Vegas, Nevada, with hazy mountains beyond. — Joshua tree against distant desert mountains.

Joshua tree rising above desert brush in the Nevada landscape, with a muted 8mm color palette and mountain ridges in the distance. — Sparse desert brush and Joshua tree.

Foreground Joshua tree framed by desert scrub and a low horizon, recorded in faded 1958 8mm home-movie color near Las Vegas, Nevada. — Foreground Joshua tree in desert scrub.

Soft-focused 8mm frame of a Joshua tree over scrub vegetation and distant desert terrain in the supplied Las Vegas, Nevada home-movie clip. — Joshua tree branches over desert brush.

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