Puerto Rico-1966: View Of Dark Blue Car Parked Near White Motel Sign On A Sunny Day

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationPuerto Rico
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Puerto Rico

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View Of Dark Blue Car Parked Near White Motel Sign On A... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Puerto Rico in 1966 captures a sunny day at a roadside motel. A dark blue classic American sedan, likely a Cadillac, is parked on the grass in front of a pink stucco building with a white sign reading "MOTEL APARTMENTS." The footage shows the car from multiple angles, with palm trees and greenery in the background. A woman in a patterned dress sits on a porch, reading a book under a striped awning. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of 8mm home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life in Puerto Rico.

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: 127729146

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: 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 1085 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: winter, lake,ice fishing,46th anniversary,party,sailboat,puerto rico
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965-1966-1967-1968
Reel-level location note: puerto rico
Date: 1966 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: Puerto Rico 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Puerto Rico editorial sequences needing roadside motel exteriors, parked American car detail, or travel-home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The dark blue American sedan, motel-apartments sign, striped awning, and stucco roadside buildings may show mid-1960s leisure travel details in Puerto Rico.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving casually between the motel grounds, parked car, sign, and a porch where a woman appears to sit reading.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cinder-block stack, dark blue sedan, motel-apartments sign, lawn, palm or broadleaf trees, stucco rooms, striped awning, and porch windows.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows soft focus shifts, handheld framing, strong sun exposure, visible grain, and saturated mid-century home-movie color.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, roadside lodging cutaway, memory beat, or transition between Puerto Rico vacation scenes from the same reel.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary motel grounds and car-centered travel imagery rather than a public landmark or staged event.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, location, and property context should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1966 Puerto Rico motel exterior, 8mm home movie parked car, roadside apartments sign, and mid-century travel lodging footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1966 Puerto Rico travel footage, then broader motel, car, and roadside lodging material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A Puerto Rico 1966 home-movie frame shows white cinder blocks near a roadside motel area, with handheld blur and sunlit exposure. — White cinder blocks appear near the motel grounds.

A dark blue American sedan sits on grass outside a Puerto Rico roadside motel, with a white motel-apartments sign in the background. — Dark blue sedan parked near the motel-apartments sign.

The parked dark blue sedan is seen again on the motel lawn in Puerto Rico, partly cropped by a tree and handheld film framing. — The sedan is filmed from another angle across the lawn.

A motel porch in Puerto Rico shows striped awning, windows, and a woman seated inside or near the porch area, possibly reading. — A woman sits near the porch under a striped awning.

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