Arizona USA-1962: Art Deco Dam Towers Casting Shadows on Reservoir

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Arizona

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Art Deco Dam Towers Casting Shadows on Reservoir — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1962 in Arizona, showcasing a massive concrete dam with distinctive Art Deco-style towers rising from a reservoir. The clip captures the structure's imposing silhouette against a rugged mountain backdrop under bright daylight, with long shadows cast across the water's surface. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural wear, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American infrastructure. The camera pans across the dam, highlighting its architectural details and the surrounding arid landscape, evoking a sense of historical Americana and engineering achievement.

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: 122653190

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

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: 1962 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: Arizona, 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: 1960s Arizona 8mm footage suited for documentary requests about mid-century tourism, Western infrastructure, dam architecture, and reservoir landscapes.
Period detail: The clip may show 1962 visitor-shot views of an Art Deco-influenced concrete dam structure, with period clues mainly in the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and sightseeing perspective.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged tourist viewpoint, with the camera lingering on the dam towers, reservoir, and surrounding desert mountains rather than presenting an official survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete intake towers, a dam wall, reservoir water, long human shadows, rocky desert hills, bright sky, and distant structural details.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, exposure variation, gate edges, and small surface marks that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between Western landscape and public works material.
Historical context: The scene places a monumental water-control structure within an arid mountain setting, reflecting how home movies often recorded public landmarks as travel experiences.
Research note: Human shadows are visible, so likeness risk appears low but should still be reviewed; copyright, location permissions, and any property concerns require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Arizona dam 8mm footage, vintage reservoir towers, home movie desert infrastructure, and mid-century Western United States public works.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Arizona or 1962 travel footage, and finally with dam, reservoir, desert landscape, or mid-century infrastructure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Arizona 8mm frame showing dam towers, reservoir water, rocky hillside, and elongated visitor shadows in bright daylight. — Dam towers rise from the reservoir as tall human shadows stretch across the water-facing structure.

1962 Arizona home-movie frame of Art Deco-style dam towers, reservoir edge, rugged hillside, and visitor shadows cast on the structure. — Visitor shadows fall over the dam face and towers during a bright reservoir view.

1962 Arizona 8mm view of rugged mountains, reservoir water, and partial concrete dam structures in a soft handheld frame. — The camera shifts toward the surrounding desert mountains above the reservoir and dam works.

1962 Arizona frame showing concrete dam towers below rugged desert mountains, with soft color and visible 8mm film wear. — Concrete towers and reservoir infrastructure sit beneath a rugged mountain backdrop.

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