California USA-1952: A Concrete Dam With Two People Observing The Structure

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Concrete Dam With Two People Observing The Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage footage captures a massive concrete dam structure in California, set against rugged mountains under a clear blue sky. The sun casts long shadows across the dam's face, highlighting its geometric design. In the final frames, two people wearing hats appear on the left, looking out over the structure, suggesting a tourist visit. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, with a distinct purple tint in the shadows, evoking mid-century Americana and engineering pride. This archival clip offers authentic historical footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or educational projects.

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: 123338972

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: Useful for 1950s California travel, public works, dam tourism, or mid-century infrastructure cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century 8mm color footage of a concrete dam overlook, with hats and visitor clothing that may reflect early 1950s tourist travel.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a visitor filming the dam from an overlook, with two people briefly entering the frame while watching the structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the concrete dam face, vertical tower forms, mountain ridges, blue sky, overlook railing, deep shadows, and two hat-wearing visitors.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld drift, dark frame edges, and purple-blue shadow shifts typical of aged color home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, or quiet memory beat before or after broader California road-trip material.
Historical context: The scene places tourist observation beside large-scale water-control engineering, showing how public works could become part of family travel footage.
Research note: People are visible in the final frames, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status is separate from any personal rights review.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1952 California dam footage, 8mm home movie public works, vintage dam overlook, mid-century infrastructure travel, and concrete dam mountains.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's New Orleans to Pacific trip material, then California 1952 travel scenes, then other vintage dam or infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a concrete dam structure below rugged mountains under a clear blue sky. — Concrete dam structure seen from an elevated visitor viewpoint.

1952 California 8mm view of a concrete dam span with tall tower forms and mountain ridges behind it. — Dam towers and geometric concrete walls framed by mountains.

1952 California 8mm frame with two visitors partly visible at a dam overlook beside a concrete tower and mountain backdrop. — Two visitors appear at the overlook while the dam fills the background.

1952 California 8mm frame showing two visitors watching a concrete dam from an overlook, with mountains in the distance. — Visitors pause at the dam overlook in the final frames.

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