Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Small Waterfall Emptying Into A Small Pond In The Woods

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Small Waterfall Emptying Into A Small Pond In The Woods — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton Ohio USA in 1958 captures a serene woodland scene with a small waterfall cascading into a quiet pond. The clip features lush green trees and dense foliage surrounding the rocky stream, with natural sunlight filtering through the canopy. A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants appears briefly, walking through the forest. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including soft focus, natural grain, and a warm color palette typical of 1950s amateur cinematography. The camera remains mostly static, offering a peaceful, nostalgic glimpse of nature and outdoor recreation from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120976044

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1958 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: Dayton, Ohio, 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: Useful for 1950s Dayton-area nature, park, recreation, or memory sequences needing brief 8mm woodland atmosphere with a small waterfall and pond.
Period detail: The clothing and amateur 8mm color look may show a late-1950s home-movie outing, though the frames offer few date-specific built-environment clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a quiet woodland stream from a visitor's viewpoint, with one adult man briefly walking into the natural scene rather than posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shaded pond, small rock waterfall, dense green foliage, fallen branches, sunlit leaves, and a man seen from behind in one frame.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame softness give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture from the 1950s.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, establishing insert, or reflective memory beat in a nature or family-outing sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents casual outdoor looking and local woodland scenery, emphasizing nature observation rather than a named landmark or public event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Dayton Ohio 8mm woods, small waterfall pond, vintage home movie forest, and 1950s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Dayton or 1958 Ohio scenes, then broader 1950s woodland, park, pond, waterfall, or family-outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Dayton-area 8mm frame showing a small rock waterfall emptying into a shaded pond surrounded by dense green foliage. — Small waterfall flows into a quiet pond beneath trees.

Archival 8mm view of a wooded Dayton, Ohio pond with a small waterfall, rocks, branches, and shaded vegetation. — A shaded pond sits below a low rocky waterfall.

1958 home-movie frame of dense woods around a rocky stream area, with the pond partly visible through leaves and shade. — Dense foliage frames the rocky stream and pond.

1958 Dayton-area 8mm frame with an adult man walking near a small pond and rocky waterfall in dense woods. — A man walks through the wooded scene near the pond.

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