Las Vegas-1958: Uncle Jim Rock Find

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

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Uncle Jim Rock Find — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a rocky, sun-drenched landscape in Las Vegas. The footage shows a rugged terrain of large, light-colored boulders and scattered stones under a bright sky, with dark vegetation in the foreground. The camera pans slowly across the natural rock formations, revealing the uneven, textured surface of the desert environment. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a slightly faded color palette with prominent purplish and blue tones. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a forgotten outdoor moment, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127495339

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1950s 8mm desert-rock cutaway footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief Las Vegas-area natural landscape insert.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century home-movie view of pale desert boulders and scrubby foreground growth, with the 1958 date and Las Vegas location supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, with a handheld camera studying a rocky find rather than presenting a planned scenic composition.
What appears in frame: Visible details include light-colored boulders, smaller loose stones, dark scrub or shadowed vegetation, rough rock textures, and uneven desert ground.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and blue-purple color shift that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, landscape insert, transition, or memory beat within a 1950s travel, family, desert, or geology sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives a home-movie glimpse of outdoor desert terrain near Las Vegas without showing people, buildings, roads, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any property-access questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Las Vegas 8mm desert rocks, vintage home movie rocky landscape, mid-century Nevada desert boulders, and family travel geology footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1958 Las Vegas or Nevada footage, and then with broader desert landscape, family travel, or rock-formation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm frame showing pale desert boulders, rocky ground, and dark scrub or shadow in the foreground. — Pale boulders and rocky desert ground fill the frame.

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame of a rocky desert slope with pale boulders, loose stones, and dark foreground growth. — Loose stones and pale rock formations appear on a desert slope.

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm view of clustered desert rocks, irregular pale stone surfaces, and a dark band at the bottom of frame. — Clustered boulders and rough stones are seen in soft 8mm focus.

1958 Las Vegas-area frame with motion-softened rocky ground, pale stones, and dark foreground texture from the handheld pan. — The camera movement softens the rocky desert surface.

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