Phoenix Arizona-1951: Roadside Farewell Sign Reading 'Adios Amigos' With a Man in a Suit Beside It

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

departure
end of vacation
road travel
postwar tourism
Southwestern identity
city limits
farewell

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Roadside verge with grass and dry soil in front of a low commercial-looking building and utility pole
Time and weather: day · winter · clear and sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 1 · One adult man in a dark suit jacket, white shirt and tie, standing at the left edge with his face cropped by the top of the frame.
Objects: white road sign · red bird emblems · white sign posts · utility pole · overhead wires · scalloped rooftop panel · gray-green building · grass and bare twigs
Readable signs: NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS
Colors: white · pale cyan · gray-green · dark navy · grass green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS' sign fills the frame, with a man's dark sleeve at the left edge.
The handheld camera steadies and the lettering and red bird emblems are at their sharpest.
The camera drifts down and to the right, and more of the man's suit, shirt and tie appear at left.
The shot ends with the sign lower in frame and the man standing behind its left post.

Roadside Farewell Sign Reading 'Adios Amigos' With a Man... — Clip Details

In Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1951, home movie footage shows a white roadside sign reading 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS', with a small red bird emblem on each side of the city name. It stands on two white posts over grass and dry ground, with a utility pole, a scalloped rooftop panel and a pale gray-green building behind. A man in a dark suit jacket, white shirt and tie stands at the left edge and comes further into view as the camera drifts. The single handheld 8mm shot holds on the lettering in bright sun.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001234

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

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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: Phoenix, Arizona, 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: Solves a request for a legible circa 1951 Phoenix departure or farewell shot to close a postwar Southwest travel or Arizona history sequence.
Period detail: The man's dark suit, white shirt and tie and the plain painted civic road sign with bird emblems may show early-1950s dress and roadside signage, consistent with the dating from the rest of the reel.
Home-movie behavior: A traveller stops to film the farewell sign on the way out of town, a familiar home-movie habit of ending a trip reel on a readable place marker, with a companion standing casually beside it.
What appears in frame: A white sign reading 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS' with red bird emblems, two white posts, grass and dry twigs, a utility pole with wires, a scalloped rooftop panel, a gray-green building and a man in a suit and tie.
Film character: The 8mm colour shows fine grain, a cool cyan-leaning sky, hard sunlight and gentle handheld drift, with a few specks and a stray hair near the top edge in the final frames.
Edit role: Works as a closing shot, an end title substitute or a departure transition after resort and desert scenes from the same trip.
Historical context: The Spanish phrase 'Adios Amigos' on a civic road sign shows the bilingual, Southwestern tone given to visitors leaving Phoenix, though the sign's exact road and dates are not on record.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: one man appears with his face cropped and he is not identified, and the background building and an illegible rooftop panel may be private or commercial property.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 'now leaving Phoenix sign', '1950s Arizona home movie', 'vintage 8mm road trip goodbye' and 'adios amigos road sign'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's citrus grove orange picking, resort pool terrace with palms, woman on a poolside bench with Camelback Mountain and sunbathing clips, then other Phoenix footage from around 1951, then other departure and city-limits sign shots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Slightly soft 8mm frame of the 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS' sign in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1951, with a man's sleeve at left — The farewell sign as the shot opens, circa 1951, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Sharp sunlit view of the 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS' road sign in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1951, on 8mm colour film — Bird emblems flank the city name on the departure sign, circa 1951.
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Man in shirt, tie and jacket partly visible beside the 'Adios Amigos' sign leaving Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1951, 8mm home movie — A man in a shirt and tie stands just behind the sign's left edge.
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Man in a dark suit and tie behind the 'NOW LEAVING PHOENIX ADIOS AMIGOS' sign in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1951, his face cropped — The closing frame: a man in a suit behind the sign, circa 1951, Phoenix.
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