Albany New York-1955: River With Rushing Water And Dam

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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River With Rushing Water And Dam — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a powerful river flowing over a dam in Albany, New York. The water rushes with force, creating white foam and mist, while a wooden walkway runs alongside the riverbank. Lush green trees frame the scene, and a small town with houses and buildings is visible across the water. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality with natural color fading typical of mid-century home movies. The final frame shows a woman in a patterned dress walking through a wooded area, suggesting a family outing. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s Americana 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123430696

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Albany, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for Albany-area river, dam, and family-outing atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century leisure travel clues through color 8mm stock, riverside walkways, distant houses, and casual dress rather than staged period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on rushing water before turning briefly to a woman walking in a wooded area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad river, low dam or spillway, white water, mist, riverside railing, trees, distant buildings, and a blurred woman in patterned dress.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, dust specks, color fading, and grain give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief environmental insert, travel transition, river cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a recreational or sightseeing view of a forceful river landscape with nearby settlement visible across the water.
Research note: A person appears briefly and should be reviewed for likeness considerations, while copyright, location, and any property issues require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm Albany river footage, vintage home movie dam spillway, rushing water New York, and woman walking wooded riverside.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family outing shots, then Albany or 1956 New York footage, then broader river, dam, and mid-century travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany-area home-movie view of a river pouring over a low dam, framed by trees and a riverside walkway. — A broad river rushes over a low dam, with railing, trees, and distant buildings beyond the water.

Handheld 8mm view of foaming river water over a dam near Albany, partly obscured by dark tree trunks. — Foaming water crosses the dam while tree trunks and branches frame the riverside view.

Color 8mm frame of an Albany-area river spillway with white water, railings, trees, and distant buildings. — The camera holds on the river spillway as white water fills the lower bank and buildings sit across the river.

Brief 1950s home-movie glimpse of a woman in a patterned dress walking through trees near the riverside. — A woman in a patterned dress passes through the wooded area as the handheld camera shifts away from the river.

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