California USA-1952: Two People Sitting on Dam Overlooking Mountains

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two People Sitting on Dam Overlooking Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched scene at a massive concrete dam in California. Two individuals in period attire, including hats, sit on the dam's edge, gazing out at the arid landscape. The rugged, rocky mountains rise behind the monumental structure under a clear blue sky. Later frames reveal a metal utility tower and power lines on the hillside, emphasizing the era's infrastructure. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material 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: 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: 123338987

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: 1950s California 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing visitor views of a major concrete dam, arid mountain landscape, and midcentury public-works infrastructure.
Period detail: The hats, visitor posture, concrete dam architecture, and exposed utility structure may show midcentury sightseeing around large Western U.S. infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist viewpoint, with two visitors seated at a dam overlook before the camera turns to nearby utility equipment on the hillside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two visitors in hats, a concrete dam wall, a tall tower-like structure, rocky mountains, a metal utility platform, power lines, blue sky, and arid hillside.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated blue sky, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory insert, infrastructure transition, or visual bridge between landscape and public-works material.
Historical context: The footage places leisure travel beside large-scale water and power infrastructure, showing visitors observing a monumental concrete structure in a dry mountain setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location access, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s California 8mm dam footage, vintage home movie public works, tourists at concrete dam, or desert power-line infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same New Orleans to Pacific trip reel, then other 1952 California dam or desert scenes, then broader midcentury infrastructure and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing two hat-wearing visitors near a concrete dam, backed by arid mountain slopes and clear sky. — Visitors sit at the edge of a concrete dam overlook with rocky terrain beyond.

1952 California home-movie frame of two visitors seated near a tall concrete dam structure under a clear sky. — Two visitors pause beside the dam structure while the mountains fill the background.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a metal utility structure, power lines, and rugged hillside near the dam setting. — A metal utility structure and power lines appear on the rocky slope near the dam area.

1952 California home-movie frame of hillside utility equipment and power lines in an arid mountain landscape. — Power lines extend from a metal structure across the dry mountain terrain.

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