California USA-1937: Couple Walking Along Dam Path

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Couple Walking Along Dam Path — Clip Details

Vintage 1937 8mm home movie footage from California showing a couple walking along a dam. The man wears a light-colored suit and fedora, the woman a dark dress with a light cardigan, strolling on a paved path beside a white picket fence. In the background, a large concrete dam structure with water cascading over its spillway is visible, framed by arid hills under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century American life and engineering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121485026

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 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: California, 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 1930s California travel, public works, dam tourism, or home-movie inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, 8mm color footage, and visitor path beside a concrete dam support a late-1930s home-movie setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual feel of visitors pausing and walking along an overlook while the camera records the dam from a personal viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult couple, paved overlook, white fence, concrete spillway, cascading water, metal railings, hills, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, faded color, gate edges, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location insert, transition, or memory beat for California travel and infrastructure stories.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational viewing of a large water-control structure in an arid California landscape without identifying the dam by name.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s California dam home movie, 8mm spillway footage, couple at dam overlook, and vintage public works travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then 1937 California dam material, then broader themes of travel, waterworks, and landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 California home-movie frame showing an adult couple on a paved dam overlook beside a white fence, with hills beyond. — A couple walks along the dam overlook path with fencing and dry hills in the background.

1937 California home-movie view of a concrete dam spillway with water pouring over one section and metal work above. — Water pours over the dam spillway beneath metal railings and structural supports.

Faded 8mm frame of the California dam, showing railings, concrete spillway bays, and pale water beneath. — The camera frames the dam structure from a nearby overlook, with water below the spillway.

1937 California 8mm frame showing the dam spillway, railing, hillside, and water through heavy frame borders. — The dam remains in view as the handheld camera looks across the railing and spillway.

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