Las Vegas-1958: A Beautiful Leisure Area Of A Large Hotel

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

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A Beautiful Leisure Area Of A Large Hotel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched leisure area at a Las Vegas hotel. The footage features a large swimming pool with a metal ladder, a palm tree, and a mid-century motel building with balconies. A striped yellow and white beach umbrella and lounge chairs are visible in the courtyard, evoking classic American vacation nostalgia. The warm color palette and film grain enhance the authentic retro feel of this archival clip.

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: 127495641

Rights & Clearance

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: 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 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: Useful for 1950s Las Vegas leisure, hotel pool, and mid-century vacation cutaways in documentary, museum, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century motel-style balconies, a large outdoor pool, metal pool fixtures, striped umbrella, and visible hotel signage that may help date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the hotel courtyard from a visitor's casual vantage point, lingering on poolside details rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimming pool, metal ladder or slide structure, striped umbrella, lounge chairs, motel balconies, desert hills, lawn, shrubs, and hotel signage.
Film character: The 8mm footage has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, vacation-memory beat, or transition into Las Vegas hotel and recreation material.
Historical context: The clip reflects postwar American leisure travel through a hotel pool courtyard, with emphasis on outdoor recreation and motel-style hospitality.
Research note: Human figures and hotel signage appear visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Las Vegas hotel pool footage, 1950s 8mm vacation home movie, mid-century motel courtyard, and vintage leisure area.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Las Vegas 1958 material, then broader 1950s hotel, pool, travel, and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas hotel pool area with blue water, a metal ladder, lawn, and dark motel balcony building beyond. — Swimming pool and motel balconies in a sunlit hotel courtyard.

Las Vegas hotel leisure area with a striped umbrella, lounge seating, shrubs, and visible signage on a motel-style building. — Poolside umbrella and motel building beside a paved courtyard.

1958 Las Vegas pool courtyard view with a metal pool structure, reclining lounge chair, striped umbrella, lawn, and motel facade. — Lounge chair and striped umbrella near the hotel pool area.

Hotel pool area in Las Vegas with a metal pool structure, circular signage, striped umbrella, lawn, shrubs, and dark hillside beyond. — Circular hotel sign and poolside structure above the courtyard.

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