Arizona-1967: Glen Canyon Dam Construction and Power Plant

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Glen Canyon Dam Construction and Power Plant — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1967 captures the massive concrete structure of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, showcasing its towering curved face and intricate construction details. The camera pans across the dam's immense scale, revealing the power plant and spillway infrastructure nestled against the rocky canyon wall. The grainy, warm-toned film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with natural film grain and slight motion blur, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century engineering. This archival home movie footage highlights the dam's impressive architecture and its integration into the rugged desert landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120833995

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: 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 1960s 8mm clip supports documentary or educational requests for visitor-shot views of Glen Canyon Dam construction-era infrastructure in Arizona.
Period detail: The footage may show 1967-era dam and power plant details, with unfinished-looking surfaces, exposed industrial structures, and the canyon wall visible around the concrete face.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the landmark from a tourist or visitor vantage point, emphasizing scale and engineering detail rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the tall curved concrete dam face, vertical seams or spillway lines, the power plant structure below, industrial equipment, dark water, and rough canyon rock.
Film character: The scan has warm faded color, soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, gate edges, and contact-sheet artifacts consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or transition showing mid-century infrastructure scale, dam construction context, or travel-memory coverage of a Western landmark.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a major concrete dam within a rocky desert canyon landscape, showing public-facing views of infrastructure and power-generation works without visible people.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or agency permissions relevant to identifiable infrastructure.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm Glen Canyon Dam footage, Arizona dam power plant home movie, vintage Colorado River infrastructure, and mid-century hydroelectric landmark film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1967 Arizona or Glen Canyon material, and then with broader dam, hydroelectric, desert travel, or Western infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Arizona home-movie frame showing the upper curved face of Glen Canyon Dam with vertical marks and dark canyon rock at the side. — Curved dam face and canyon wall.

1967 Arizona frame showing Glen Canyon Dam's pale concrete curve above part of the power plant and dark canyon rock. — Dam face above power plant structures.

Visitor-shot 1967 frame of Glen Canyon Dam, showing the lower concrete face, power plant building, and adjacent canyon wall. — Lower dam face and power plant area.

1967 Arizona home-movie frame showing Glen Canyon Dam's power plant infrastructure, dark water, and the massive concrete wall above. — Power plant and water below the dam.

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