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1963: California Roadside with Motel Signs and Trees

1963: California Roadside with Motel Signs and Trees

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  • Year1963
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration20s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $199 USD

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California Roadside with Motel Signs and Trees — Clip Details

1963: Camera pans across a sun-drenched California roadside scene featuring motel signs, asphalt road, and lush green trees under a clear sky. This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures classic mid-century Americana with nostalgic charm, showcasing a quiet stretch of highway surrounded by natural foliage. The warm sunset lighting enhances the retro aesthetic, offering authentic archival material ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about 1960s road travel and roadside culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
See Pond5 listing
License
Not licensed directly; available on Pond5
Delivery
Via Pond5
Duration
20s
Pond5 price
from $199 USD
Clip ID
72915343

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label
knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note
1963
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1963 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
California, 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
Marketplace licensing (Pond5)

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

  • street
  • bitumen
  • asphalt
  • traffic
  • cars
  • transport
  • outdoors
  • sun
  • exterior
  • daytime
  • sky
  • horizon
  • view
  • trees
  • forest
  • green
  • bark
  • nature
  • ecosystem
  • environment
  • woods
  • camera
  • pans
  • sunset
  • shot
  • motel
  • signs
  • road
  • california
  • 1963
  • 1963 California road trip
  • vintage 8mm home movie
  • sunset highway footage
  • retro motel signs
  • 1960s Americana
  • classic 8mm film
  • vintage road travel
  • roadside nostalgia
  • California 1963
  • vintage traffic footage
  • outdoor sunset scene
  • vintage camera pan
  • retro road signs
  • 1960s road trip
  • vintage film footage
  • archival 8mm
  • classic 8mm
  • vintage California
  • nostalgic home movie
  • vintage road scene

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