Las Vegas-1958: Driving Past A Big Group Of Mountains That Are Close

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

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Driving Past A Big Group Of Mountains That Are Close — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of snow-capped mountain peaks under a clear blue sky. The footage, likely filmed from a moving vehicle, shows rugged, rocky terrain with patches of snow clinging to the slopes. The distinctive blue and purple color cast of the film gives it a nostalgic, retro feel. The camera pans across the majestic landscape, offering a classic mid-century perspective of natural beauty. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about 1950s America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127495387

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s American travel or road-trip sequences needing brief 8mm mountain scenery near Las Vegas for documentary, educational, or period atmosphere use.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century roadside view of snow-streaked mountains, with the 1958 date and Las Vegas location supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor filming scenery from a moving car, capturing quick, unstaged views of the surrounding mountains rather than a composed landscape study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-capped ridgelines, rocky slopes, dark foreground landforms, clear blue sky, 8mm frame borders, and a strong blue-purple film cast.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm texture, visible grain, slight blur, rounded frame edges, and uneven exposure that place the scene within a physical home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, landscape cutaway, route transition, or memory beat between Las Vegas-area home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a brief encounter with desert-region mountain scenery in a home-movie travel context, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but users should still review source copyright, location identification, and project-specific rights needs.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 8mm Las Vegas mountains, vintage home movie snow-capped peaks, 1950s road trip landscape, and Nevada mountain scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Las Vegas travel footage, then other 1958 Nevada material, then broader mid-century mountain-road and American vacation scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas-area home-movie frame showing a distant snow-streaked mountain ridge under clear blue sky, seen through soft 8mm color. — Distant snow-streaked mountain ridge seen through blue-tinted 8mm film.

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm view of a rugged mountain range with vertical snow patches and a clear sky above. — Rugged mountain range with snow patches across the slopes.

1958 Las Vegas-area travel footage frame with snow-lined slopes, dark foreground terrain, and a strong blue-purple 8mm cast. — Snow-lined slopes and dark foreground terrain in a brief travel view.

1958 Las Vegas-area 8mm frame showing a bright snow-capped peak against darker surrounding slopes and blue sky. — Bright snow-capped peak rising above darker mountain slopes.

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