Lake Tahoe California-1974: Man in Plaid Joins Woman in White Sunglasses on Motel Hoop Chairs

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 · Lake Tahoe, California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

vacation
motel stay
couples
leisure
1970s fashion
mid-century furniture
road trip

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · motel patio and lawn in front of a low building with sliding glass doors
Time and weather: midday · likely summer · sunny and clear
Lighting: hard direct sunlight with deep shadows
People: 2 · A middle-aged woman in oversized white sunglasses, ruffled white blouse, red flared trousers and green shoes, and a middle-aged man in a plaid short-sleeved shirt, grey trousers, dark shoes and a wristwatch.
Objects: yellow hoop chairs · white hoop chair · yellow-and-white patio umbrella · metal side table · sliding glass doors · curtains · concrete walkway
Colors: red · yellow-green · white · grey · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A woman in white sunglasses sits smiling under a yellow-and-white umbrella.
She points toward the empty yellow seat as a man's arm enters the frame.
The man in a plaid shirt walks in from the left.
He bends and settles into the hoop chair beside her.
Seated, he grins at the camera while she looks on.

Man in Plaid Joins Woman in White Sunglasses on Motel... — Clip Details

Lake Tahoe South Shore, circa 1974, home movie footage: a woman in oversized white sunglasses, a ruffled white blouse and red flared trousers sits in a white hoop chair under a yellow-and-white patio umbrella on a motel lawn. She points toward an empty yellow seat as a man in a plaid shirt and grey trousers walks in from the left, sits down beside her and grins at the camera. The single Super 8 shot is held steady in hard sunlight, with deep shadows and saturated colour.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002472

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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: 1974 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: Lake Tahoe, 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 authentic 1970s vacation and motel leisure footage with a couple, suited to road-trip, fashion or social history productions.
Period detail: Red flared trousers, oversized white sunglasses, a plaid short-sleeved shirt and wire hoop seating point to the 1970s, circa 1974.
Home-movie behavior: The woman points the man to his seat and he sits down and grins at the camera, an unscripted family moment staged only by the person filming.
What appears in frame: A woman in white sunglasses and red trousers, a man in a plaid shirt, yellow and white hoop chairs, a patio umbrella, a small metal side table and motel sliding doors.
Film character: Saturated Super 8 colour, fine grain and hard sun-and-shadow contrast give the shot a warm, period amateur-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a character memory beat or cutaway within a vacation sequence, and the man's entrance gives a natural start and end point.
Historical context: Shows the motel courtyard as a resting place on a 1970s family road trip, here among Lake Tahoe stops on the same reel.
Research note: Two adults' faces are identifiable and their names are unknown, so likeness permissions should be considered separately from the film's copyright, and the motel is private property that is not identified.
Research search match: 1970s couple at motel Super 8; vintage vacation patio home movie; Lake Tahoe 1970s footage; retro hoop chairs and sunglasses.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's Couple posing on a blue slide, then the Lone Cypress and Fisherman's Wharf clips, then other 1970s Lake Tahoe or motel-vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in oversized white sunglasses relaxes on a Lake Tahoe motel lawn circa 1974, beside an empty yellow hoop chair — A woman waits under a patio umbrella at a motel, circa 1974.
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At a Lake Tahoe motel circa 1974, a woman in white sunglasses points toward the seat as a man walks into frame — She points to the empty seat as he walks in.
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Man in a plaid shirt lowers himself into a yellow hoop chair beside a woman on a Lake Tahoe motel lawn, circa 1974 — The man settles into the chair beside her.
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Couple seated in hoop chairs under a yellow-and-white umbrella at a Lake Tahoe motel, circa 1974 Super 8 home movie — The couple sit side by side in the afternoon sun, circa 1974.
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