Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Showing Forest Trees and Sign for Swamp Water Movie Filming

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

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Showing Forest Trees and Sign for Swamp Water Movie Filming — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, showing a dense forest with moss-draped trees and lush green foliage. The camera moves through the woods, capturing a rustic wooden sign with a red arrow pointing to filming locations for the popular 1950s movie Swamp Water. The footage features natural lighting, film grain, and a slightly faded color palette typical of mid-century amateur film. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s Americana and classic movie history.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120977330

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s archival edits needing wooded roadside scenery tied to a film-location sign and amateur travel documentation.
Period detail: The sign typography, painted arrow, faded color, and 8mm texture support a mid-century visitor-shot record, with 1958 and Dayton, Ohio supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the woods and sign from a casual visitor perspective, valuing the brief record of a marked filming area over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mossy trees, dense foliage, a painted red arrow, a white signboard, dark film-frame edges, and soft outdoor light.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, soft focus, and contact-print edge artifacts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, location-establishing insert, or memory beat linking forest scenery with classic film tourism.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor-facing sign that references areas used in the filming of Swamp Water, without proving access, ownership, or exact site boundaries.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable movie title and sign text may require review for copyright, trademark, location, and editorial-use context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 8mm Dayton Ohio woods, home movie forest sign, Swamp Water filming area, and mid-century film-location tourism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1958 Dayton material, then broader 1950s woods, roadside sign, or movie-location footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Dayton, Ohio home-movie frame showing dense woods, mossy trees, and soft green foliage before the sign appears. — Dense wooded area with hanging moss and soft mid-century 8mm color.

1958 Dayton, Ohio frame showing a red arrow above a sign referencing areas used in filming Swamp Water. — Painted arrow and sign marking areas used in the filming of Swamp Water.

1958 Dayton, Ohio 8mm frame with a readable sign pointing toward areas used in the filming of Swamp Water. — Closer view of the sign and arrow set against trees and foliage.

1958 Dayton, Ohio frame showing the sign and arrow for Swamp Water filming areas, softened by 8mm focus and grain. — Sign and arrow remain centered as the wooded background fills the frame.

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