Utah-1951: Hole N' the Rock Diner Entrance

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Utah

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Hole N' the Rock Diner Entrance — Clip Details

UTAH-1951: Vintage 8mm film footage captures the iconic Hole N' The Rock Diner, a unique roadside attraction carved into a massive sandstone cliff. The white painted sign stands out against the rugged rock face, with the building's entrance and windows visible below. Shot on Super 8 film, the clip shows natural lighting and the characteristic grain and soft focus of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a classic American roadside stop in Moab, Utah.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127551636

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Utah, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Utah roadside-attraction footage for documentary inserts, travel-history sequences, or editorial cutaways about Moab-area visitor culture.
Period detail: The painted cliff-side diner sign, simple doorway, and 8mm color home-movie texture point to mid-century roadside travel, with 1951 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view reads as a visitor-shot look from outside the attraction, holding on the sign and rock-cut facade rather than staging people or activity.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a sandstone cliff face, white painted Hole N' The Rock Diner lettering, a doorway, small windows, a roofline, and sparse desert vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical character of family travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, roadside-travel cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment for a Moab or Utah sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a roadside business built into a rock formation, reflecting car-travel sightseeing culture without showing visitors, staff, or interior activity.
Research note: The visible business sign or name may require trademark or location review; no people are visible, but copyright and property considerations remain separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1951 Utah 8mm roadside diner, Moab Hole N' The Rock sign, sandstone cliff restaurant footage, and vintage roadside attraction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Utah travel shots, then other 1951 Moab material, then broader mid-century roadside attraction or desert highway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Utah 8mm frame showing part of the Hole N' The Rock Diner sign on a sandstone cliff facade with an entrance below. — Partial painted diner sign on the rock face above the roadside entrance.

1951 Utah home-movie frame with the Hole N' The Rock Diner sign visible on a sandstone cliff, above the exterior entrance. — Painted Hole N' The Rock Diner sign across the cliff-side facade.

1951 Utah 8mm frame showing the Hole N' The Rock Diner sign centered on a textured sandstone wall above the entrance. — Closer visitor view of the cliff-painted diner sign and entrance below.

1951 Utah home-movie frame showing the diner lettering on the rock face, with the entrance and sparse vegetation below. — Rock-face diner sign held in frame with the entrance visible underneath.

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