San Diego California-1948: Red Neon Hotel Imig Manor Script Sign Against a Brick Wall

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · San Diego, California, United States

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What is in this clip

neon signage
postwar travel
hotel hospitality
California vacation
commercial lettering
mid-century America
arrival

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static · Slightly low angle, tilted frame
Setting: outdoor · Hotel exterior with a neon sign mounted in front of a brick wall and windows
Time and weather: dusk or low light
Lighting: Low ambient light with the neon tubes as the brightest element
People: 0 · No people visible.
Landmarks: Hotel Imig Manor
Objects: neon sign · sign board · brick wall · windows · flowering shrubs · white post
Readable signs: Hotel Imig Manor
Colors: red · pink · purple · dark brown · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The red neon script 'Hotel Imig Manor' fills the frame on a dark purple sign board.
The handheld frame drifts slightly while the lettering stays lit and readable.
The shot ends on the same framing, with brick wall and windows behind the sign.

Red Neon Hotel Imig Manor Script Sign Against a Brick Wall — Clip Details

San Diego, California, circa 1948 home movie footage of the neon sign at the Hotel Imig Manor. Red script tubing spelling 'Hotel Imig Manor' glows against a dark purple sign board with a scrolled, white-trimmed outline. Behind it are a brick wall and white-framed windows, and red flowers show in the dark planting below. The 8mm camera holds the sign in a close, slightly unsteady handheld shot for the full three seconds, in low light.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upWide shotExteriorHandheld
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000260

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.

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1948 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: San Diego, California, 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: Answers requests for late 1940s American hotel or neon signage, and for a named San Diego establishing shot in a postwar travel sequence.
Period detail: Red script neon tubing on a scrolled sign board reads 'Hotel Imig Manor', a name the San Diego hotel used from 1946 to about 1955.
Home-movie behavior: A traveller points the camera at the hotel's sign to mark where the trip began, the way amateur filmmakers used signs as title cards.
What appears in frame: A glowing red neon script sign, a dark purple board with white scrolled trim, a brick wall, white-framed windows, a white post and red flowers in shadow.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with visible grain, a violet cast in the shadows, saturated pink-red neon and a gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing shot or title-card insert that names the hotel before a travel or city sequence.
Historical context: The sign shows the script neon style used on American hotels in the years after the Second World War, here on a brick building in San Diego.
Research note: The hotel's trade name and sign design are prominent and the building is private property; copyright in the film is separate from any trademark or property permissions a use may need.
Research search match: Hotel Imig Manor sign, 1940s neon hotel sign, San Diego hotel 8mm home movie, vintage red neon script lettering, postwar California travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the mission bell wall and dove-feeding clips from the same reel, then with other late 1940s San Diego or California travel footage, then with neon sign clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red neon script sign of the Hotel Imig Manor, San Diego, circa 1948, glowing on a purple board before a brick wall and windows. — The neon sign of the Hotel Imig Manor in San Diego, circa 1948, at the start of the shot.
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Close-up of the Hotel Imig Manor neon lettering in San Diego, circa 1948, with the full name readable on 8mm colour film. — Script neon tubing spells out the hotel's name in two lines on a scrolled sign board.
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Tilted handheld view of the Hotel Imig Manor neon sign, San Diego, circa 1948, above shadowed shrubs with red blooms. — The handheld frame drifts slightly while the red neon stays lit above the flowering shrubs.
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Final frame of the Hotel Imig Manor neon sign in San Diego, circa 1948, with the brick hotel building in deep shadow behind. — The shot closes on the same framing of the sign, the brick building dark behind the glowing tubes.
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