California USA-1952: Mountains With Power Lines And Blue Sky

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Mountains With Power Lines And Blue Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage footage captures a rugged mountain landscape in California under a deep blue sky. A prominent power transmission tower stands on a rocky outcrop, with high-voltage lines stretching across the frame. The camera moves steadily, revealing more of the arid terrain and additional towers in the distance, conveying a sense of industrial progress in a natural setting. The film shows characteristic grain and color saturation of the era, with rich blues and earthy tones, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century infrastructure.

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: 123339008

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s California archival requests needing short industrial-infrastructure cutaways, utility-line landscapes, or travel-film views of arid mountain terrain.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, open road-trip vantage, and metal transmission structures may show mid-century utility infrastructure in a California mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot travel perspective, with the camera passing a rocky outcrop and power lines rather than staging the landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rocky desert mountains, a steel transmission tower, high-voltage lines, deep blue sky, distant ridges, and frame-edge film borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, saturated blue sky, soft focus, slight gate weave, and contact-sheet scratches that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or context insert for mid-century travel, infrastructure, electricity, or human impact on western landscapes.
Historical context: The frames place electrical transmission equipment within a rugged natural landscape, suggesting postwar infrastructure without identifying a specific project or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any property or utility-structure concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm California power lines, vintage mountain transmission tower, home movie utility infrastructure, and blue sky desert landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then California 1952 travel footage, then broader themes of power lines, mountains, and mid-century infrastructure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a steel transmission tower on a rocky outcrop with power lines crossing a blue sky. — A steel power structure stands against rocky mountains and open sky.

1952 California travel-film view of a mountain ridge, partial transmission tower, and utility lines stretched across blue sky. — Power lines cut across a rocky mountain view as the camera moves past.

1952 California 8mm frame with arid mountain terrain, distant ridges, and utility lines running across the blue sky. — The moving view opens onto ridges and utility wires over dry mountain terrain.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a distant utility tower, power lines, and layered mountain ridges under clear blue sky. — A transmission tower appears farther away beyond crossing wires and mountain ridges.

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