Nevada USA-1957: Dam over Turquoise Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Nevada

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Dam over Turquoise Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a massive concrete dam nestled within a rugged, rocky canyon. The turquoise-green water flows through a narrow channel, reflecting the surrounding cliffs and the dam's imposing structure. The footage, likely taken from a boat or viewing platform, shows the dam's heavy construction and industrial design, with visible spillways and concrete barriers. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film enhances its nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century infrastructure in the American West.

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: 123477244

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 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: Nevada, 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Nevada home-movie footage for documentary or educational requests needing mid-century dam infrastructure, canyon water, and American West public-works cutaways.
Period detail: The concrete dam works, narrow canyon channel, and visitor vantage may show mid-century infrastructure tourism or sightseeing around a major Nevada water-control site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the dam walls and green water from a moving or elevated public vantage rather than a staged industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise-green water, steep rock walls, concrete dam platforms, vertical barriers, industrial openings, shadows, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld contact-frame variation that give the dam views a clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short infrastructure insert, regional transition, travel-memory cutaway, or reflective beat between broader 1950s American West sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places large concrete water-control construction within a rugged canyon setting, without confirming a specific named dam beyond the Nevada metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any site-specific property or location permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1957 Nevada 8mm dam footage, vintage home movie canyon water, mid-century concrete dam, and American West infrastructure archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Nevada 1957 travel footage, then broader 1950s dam, water, canyon, or public-works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Nevada 8mm view of green water running through a narrow canyon beside concrete dam structures. — Green water reflects canyon rock and concrete dam edges from a visitor viewpoint.

1957 Nevada home-movie frame showing a concrete dam platform against canyon rock and dark green water. — Concrete dam structures line the canyon wall above dark reflective water.

1957 Nevada 8mm frame with concrete dam face, platform edges, and canyon water below steep rock. — The dam face and platform edge extend along the canyon waterline.

Shadowed 1957 Nevada dam detail with a dark opening, concrete edge, and adjacent canyon rock. — A shadowed dam-side detail appears beside rough canyon rock and a concrete edge.

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