Arizona-1967: Boulder Dam Surrounded by Mountains and River

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boulder Dam Surrounded by Mountains and River — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1967 in Arizona, showcasing the massive Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) nestled between rugged canyon walls. The clip features aerial views of the dam's concrete structure and spillways, with the Colorado River flowing below. Dramatic mountain vistas and the vast desert landscape surround the engineering marvel, captured with authentic film grain and color palette of the era. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American infrastructure and natural beauty.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120834040

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Archival 1960s 8mm footage suited to documentary or educational requests for Hoover Dam, Colorado River canyon scenery, and mid-century American infrastructure seen from a visitor or aerial vantage.
Period detail: The visible color, grain, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing support a 1967 home-movie record, while the dam and canyon landscape appear consistent with the supplied Boulder Dam metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler filming a landmark and surrounding canyon views rather than a staged or professionally lit survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam face, spillway-like structures, steep canyon walls, distant desert mountains, a winding river, pale sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm color, pronounced grain, slight blur, exposure variation, and gate-edge darkness that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between dam engineering and Southwest canyon landscape material.
Historical context: The footage visually places a major dam and river corridor within rugged desert terrain, useful for context around mid-century travel, public works, and Western U.S. landscape documentation without implying specific events beyond the metadata.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or government-site considerations separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1967 8mm Hoover Dam footage, Boulder Dam home movie, Colorado River canyon aerial view, vintage Arizona dam footage, and 1960s Southwest infrastructure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Arizona or Hoover Dam material, and then broader 1960s travel footage of dams, rivers, deserts, and canyon landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm view of the Boulder Dam or Hoover Dam concrete face and structural details between steep canyon walls, with dark film borders visible. — Concrete dam structure in a rocky canyon.

1967 8mm canyon landscape near the supplied Boulder Dam location, showing rugged mountains and a distant valley under a pale sky. — Rugged canyon mountains beyond the dam area.

1967 8mm view of a river winding through steep canyon terrain near the supplied Arizona dam setting, with distant mountain ridges in soft focus. — River winding through the canyon landscape.

1967 8mm elevated view of the river corridor below rugged canyon slopes, with a pale road-like line or embankment along the right side. — Elevated view of the river below canyon slopes.

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