Boulder City Nevada-1964: Close-Up of a Tourist Movie Sign

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationBoulder City, Nevada, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Boulder City, Nevada, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

tourism
travel advertising
visitor attractions
regional identity
movie exhibition
American road travel

Shot type: detail
Camera: handheld · tilt · Near-frontal view with slight obliqueness
Setting: outdoor · Tightly cropped tourist movie sign; surrounding premises are outside the frame.
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not discernible
Lighting: Soft, relatively even illumination with subdued projected-film contrast
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: movie advertisement sign · horizontal sign trim · narrow blue edge detail
Readable signs: MOVIE · HOOVER DAM · Boulder City
Colors: gray · cream · black · muted blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Cropped MOVIE and Hoover Dam lettering appear above the Boulder City line.
The framing drifts downward, emphasizing the italic Boulder City lettering.
The camera holds the lower wording and pale horizontal trim with slight jitter.

Close-Up of a Tourist Movie Sign — Clip Details

Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1964 home movie footage shows a tightly cropped sign advertising a movie about Hoover Dam. Large dark capitals sit above italic Boulder City lettering on a pale background. The camera drifts downward with slight handheld movement, bringing the lower lettering and horizontal trim into greater prominence. This single silent shot retains muted color, visible grain and fine scratches from the projected film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003856

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Boulder City, Nevada, 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: This circa 1964 sign detail supports documentary and museum requests for Nevada tourism advertising and Hoover Dam visitor culture.
Period detail: Bold capitals, italic place lettering and the physical movie advertisement provide period visual detail, although none fixes a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot perspective briefly singles out destination wording, with casual handheld drift and incomplete framing.
What appears in frame: The frame contains dark capitals, italic Boulder City lettering, quotation marks, a pale sign face, horizontal trim and a narrow blue edge detail.
Film character: Muted color, soft projected detail, grain, fine scratches and slight handheld movement preserve the small-gauge home movie texture.
Edit role: Use this as a brief tourism insert or destination cutaway between wider Hoover Dam area views.
Historical context: The advertisement visibly links a Hoover Dam movie with Boulder City, documenting one form of destination promotion.
Research note: No people or recognizable logos appear; film copyright and any rights in the sign design or premises are separate considerations.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for Boulder City tourist signage, Hoover Dam movie advertising and circa 1964 small-gauge travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's dam views, Grand Canyon tourists, Fremont Street neon and Pan American travel, then with circa 1964 Nevada tourism footage and other attraction signs.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1964: a close view of a tourist movie sign with large capitals above italic place lettering. — Upper movie lettering and the Boulder City line share the tightly cropped frame.
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A tourist movie advertisement in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1964, with the lower place lettering centered beneath cropped capitals. — The lower framing emphasizes Boulder City beneath the advertised movie subject.
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Boulder City lettering on a Hoover Dam movie sign, Nevada, circa 1964, with pale horizontal trim and fine film scratches. — Italic place lettering occupies the center as the upper line reaches the frame edge.
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Lower detail of a tourist movie sign in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1964, showing dark lettering, horizontal trim and a blue edge. — The late frame holds the destination wording above the pale lower panel.
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