Oregon USA-: View Of Dam Releasing Water On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Oregon USA-: View Of Dam Releasing Water On A Clear... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a wide view of a large dam releasing water on a clear, sunny day in Oregon. The footage shows the massive concrete structure with water cascading from its spillways, set against rolling hills and distant power lines. A roadway and guardrail are visible in the foreground, with a few cars passing by. The image has the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of American infrastructure and engineering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123478459

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: 1958 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: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a restrained infrastructure, hydroelectric, roadway, or Pacific Northwest travel cutaway.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century road barriers, utility poles, passing cars, and a concrete dam set in open hills, consistent with the supplied 1958 home-movie date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot roadside perspective, observing the dam and spillway from across a road rather than from an official survey or staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the concrete dam face, spillway water, foreground road and guardrails, utility poles, distant power pylons, rolling hills, and small vehicles.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild gate framing, slight exposure variation, and muted color typical of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, or memory beat about dams, roads, and regional landscapes.
Historical context: The footage places large public works within an open western landscape, with roads and power lines showing the dam as part of a broader transport and utility corridor.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or infrastructure restrictions should be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s 8mm dam footage, Oregon home movie dam spillway, vintage hydroelectric infrastructure, and roadside view of water release.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Oregon or 1958 travel footage, and then with broader dam, roadway, power-line, or public works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame showing a roadside view toward a large dam, spillway water, utility poles, cars, and low hills in Oregon per metadata. — Roadside view across guardrails toward a concrete dam and spillway with hills and power lines beyond.

Wide Oregon dam view from 1958 home-movie footage, with water at the spillway, foreground road barriers, utility poles, and distant hills. — Dam and spillway viewed from across a roadway, with power infrastructure visible on the hills.

Soft 8mm frame of a long dam face and water release, seen from a road with guardrails and utility poles against open hills. — Long dam face with visible water release and a roadside foreground in an open hilly setting.

Final 1958 8mm frame showing the dam from a roadside vantage, with spillway water, road rails, utility poles, cars, and hills. — Concrete dam and spillway seen across the road, with vehicles and power lines in the distance.

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