Las Vegas-1958: The View Of A Two Story Hotel On A Sunny Day

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

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The View Of A Two Story Hotel On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a two-story motel in Las Vegas. The clip pans across the mid-century modern building, showcasing its balconies, windows, and a distinctive retro sign. Classic American cars are parked in the lot under a clear blue sky, with palm trees and desert mountains in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s roadside architecture and leisure culture.

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: 127495737

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 Las Vegas travel, roadside lodging, and mid-century motel exterior requests needing brief home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The two-story motel, open balconies, parked cars, striped awnings, palm plantings, and desert light may show late-1950s leisure architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor's position across the motel frontage, giving the scene an informal travel-record viewpoint rather than a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a two-story motel block, balcony railings, windows and doors, parked cars, striped awnings, palms, low walls, and distant desert mountains.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, strong midday exposure, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, travel transition, Las Vegas establishing cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century lodging.
Historical context: The clip situates Las Vegas as a sunny automobile-travel destination through motel architecture, surface parking, balconies, and ornamental desert landscaping.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, property depiction, and site identification should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Las Vegas motel exterior, 1950s roadside hotel, mid-century travel footage, and vintage desert lodging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Las Vegas exteriors, then broader 1950s motel, road-trip, and desert travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Las Vegas 8mm frame showing a sunny two-story motel exterior with balconies, cars, palm plantings, and desert mountains. — Wide visitor view of a two-story motel frontage with parked cars and desert landscaping.

1958 Las Vegas motel exterior seen from the parking area, with balcony railings, cars, palm landscaping, and clear sky. — The camera looks along the motel parking area toward the balconies and planted frontage.

Closer 1958 Las Vegas motel view showing upper balcony rooms, striped awnings, palm plants, and a sunlit exterior wall. — Closer view of the motel's balcony level and striped awnings above desert landscaping.

1958 Las Vegas motel corner with balcony railings, striped awnings, palm landscaping, a bare tree, and blue sky. — Motel corner and balcony detail framed against clear sky, with awnings and landscaping below.

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