California USA-1952: Woman in Red Vest by River Dam

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Red Vest by River Dam — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a young woman in a red vest and white blouse standing by a river at a dam in California. The clip shows her posing for a picture with the concrete dam structure and rocky canyon backdrop. Her styled hair and period clothing reflect early 1950s fashion. The footage exhibits natural film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene conveys a sense of personal memory and mid-century Americana.

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: 123338894

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s California travel, family vacation, and mid-century home-movie requests needing a brief posed portrait near a dam or canyon water setting.
Period detail: The woman's red vest, white blouse, curled hairstyle, color 8mm look, and metadata date place the scene in early 1950s home-movie travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a casual posed moment, with the woman smiling toward the camera as a companion records a travel memory beside the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman, red vest, white blouse, reservoir water, concrete dam structures, rocky canyon slopes, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, travel insert, or human-scale cutaway within a sequence about California roads, dams, or family trips.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure travel and snapshot-style filming at a dam or reservoir, with clothing and camera behavior consistent with mid-century family documentation.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even if no logos, music, or obvious private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1952 California home movie dam, woman posing by reservoir, 8mm canyon travel footage, and mid-century vacation portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same New Orleans to Pacific trip reel, then other 1952 California dam or canyon footage, then broader 1950s family travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 California home-movie footage, a young woman in a red vest and white blouse poses near a dam or reservoir with canyon slopes behind her. — A young woman poses beside reservoir water with dam structures and rocky terrain in the background.

The woman remains posed near the California dam setting, smiling toward the camera as reservoir water and concrete works fill the background. — The woman smiles toward the camera in front of reservoir water and pale dam structures.

A closer 1952 California frame shows the woman in period clothing standing before reservoir water, concrete dam features, and rocky canyon terrain. — Closer view of the woman posing in front of water, concrete dam works, and canyon rock.

The final frame keeps the woman centered against the California dam or reservoir backdrop, with water, concrete, and rocky slopes visible. — The woman continues posing beside the reservoir, framed by concrete dam features and rocky slopes.

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