Quebec Canada-1952: Waterfall and Turbulent Water Flowing over Dam Structure

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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Waterfall and Turbulent Water Flowing over Dam Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a powerful waterfall or flood surge at a dam or hydroelectric facility in Quebec, Canada. The turbulent, churning water rushes over a concrete structure, with a building and parked cars visible on the embankment above. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky handheld perspective. This archival clip offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123335769

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Quebec, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills 1950s Canadian waterway and infrastructure documentary slots; suited to historical Quebec water management, environmental, or industrial heritage productions.
Period detail: Parked cars along the embankment may show early 1950s vehicle styles; the long-windowed building suggests industrial or institutional infrastructure of that era.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur filmmaker documents an impressive waterfall or dam discharge from an embankment vantage, panning to capture the full scale of the surge.
What appears in frame: Massive churning waterfall or spillway surge, long industrial building with rows of yellow-framed windows, steep embankment, parked period cars, sparse deciduous vegetation, and pronounced 8mm frame vignetting.
Film character: The 8mm format delivers pronounced frame vignetting, moderate grain, and slightly muted greens in the foliage, giving the roiling water a textured period authenticity.
Edit role: Works as an establishing cutaway or b-roll insert for documentary sequences on Quebec waterways, hydroelectric development, or 1950s Canadian industry.
Historical context: Quebec's mid-century hydroelectric expansion was a defining regional story; this may show a spillway or flood event at a water management facility, though the specific site is unidentified.
Research note: No people or faces appear visible; parked vehicles are incidental with no legible plate detail; the building appears public-facing infrastructure, but the property owner is unconfirmed.
Research search match: Researchers may query 'Quebec waterfall 1950s,' 'Canadian hydroelectric archival footage,' '1952 dam spillway film,' or 'vintage flood surge 8mm Canada.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Quebec location; then 1950s Canadian infrastructure or waterway footage; then archival spillway or flood surge material from any North American site.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame circa 1952, Quebec, Canada — massive waterfall or dam spillway with a long-windowed building and period cars on the embankment above. — Waterfall surge below embankment building, Quebec, c.1952.

8mm frame circa 1952, Quebec — turbulent spillway below a long institutional building; a red or orange period car visible among parked vehicles on the embankment. — Turbulent spillway and period vehicles on embankment, c.1952.

8mm frame circa 1952, Quebec — institutional or industrial building with yellow-framed windows and exterior stairs above a churning waterfall or spillway. — Industrial building with yellow-framed windows above waterfall surge, c.1952.

8mm frame circa 1952, Quebec — close view of turbulent waterfall or spillway overflow; heavy white foam and churning water fill the frame with foliage at lower right. — Turbulent waterfall surge, close view, c.1952 Quebec.

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