California USA-1952: Hydroelectric Dam with Intake Towers Against Rock Formation

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Hydroelectric Dam with Intake Towers Against Rock Formation — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures the exterior of a massive hydroelectric dam nestled against a rugged, grey rock formation in California. The footage shows the dam's curved concrete structure and prominent intake towers rising from the water, with the arid canyon walls forming a dramatic backdrop. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American infrastructure and engineering.

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: 123338867

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
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: California, United States 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm infrastructure footage suited to documentary inserts on American hydroelectric power, road travel, western landscapes, or mid-century public works.
Period detail: The concrete dam face, intake towers, and color 8mm home-movie stock may show mid-century visitor views of large-scale western water infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The framing reads as a visitor-shot overlook or roadside viewpoint, observing the dam and canyon without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curved concrete dam, intake towers, calm reservoir water, grey canyon rock, an arched opening, railings, and distant utility structures.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, exposure variation, and modest handheld movement typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for hydro power, road-trip geography, or 1950s infrastructure.
Historical context: The footage visually connects leisure travel with monumental water engineering in an arid canyon setting, without proving a specific project or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but dam and location identification should be verified separately from copyright and property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1950s 8mm hydroelectric dam, California canyon dam home movie, vintage reservoir intake towers, and mid-century infrastructure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's New Orleans to Pacific trip material, then California 1952 travel footage, then broader dam, reservoir, and western infrastructure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a curved hydro dam section, intake tower, railings, water, and rugged grey rock behind it. — Curved dam wall and intake structure set against steep canyon rock.

1952 California 8mm frame with dam intake towers rising near the reservoir and a grey canyon wall filling the background. — Intake towers stand near the dam wall beneath a rocky canyon slope.

1952 California 8mm frame showing the dam edge at left, intake towers at right, still water, and rugged rock formations behind. — The dam edge curves into view beside intake towers and still water.

1952 California 8mm frame with intake towers, a concrete dam span, an arched opening, reservoir water, and grey canyon rock. — Intake towers and a concrete span sit against the canyon wall above the reservoir.

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