Montana USA-1958: Dam with Water Cascading over Spillway

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMontana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Montana

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Dam with Water Cascading over Spillway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a massive dam in Montana with water cascading powerfully over its spillway. The footage shows a series of arched gates releasing a torrent of foamy, rushing water down the concrete face, creating a dramatic waterfall effect. The scene is framed by a rugged mountain backdrop under a cloudy sky, with visible film grain and slight camera shake characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The greenish hue of the dam contrasts with the white water, offering a nostalgic look at mid-century infrastructure and engineering.

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: 123478675

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 1571 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: may,june,july
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: california,oregon,washington,montana,north dakota
Date: 1958 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: Montana, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Montana home-movie footage for productions needing a brief infrastructure, dam, hydroelectric, or rushing-water archive insert.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century dam construction details, including arched spillway openings, a concrete face, and a mountain setting consistent with the supplied 1958 Montana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing has a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the spillway from a nearby overlook as rushing water dominates the short scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include arched dam gates, foamy water, a concrete spillway face, dark frame edges, mountains, cloudy sky, and a small structure near the base.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, transition, or environmental insert for mid-century travel, public works, water control, or mountain infrastructure sequences.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for a large dam as encountered by a 1950s traveler, emphasizing scale, water force, and landscape rather than formal documentation.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signage are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any site or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Montana dam footage, vintage home movie spillway water, mid-century hydro infrastructure, and foamy rushing water cascade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1958 travel footage, then broader vintage dam, spillway, water, and mountain-landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Montana home-movie frame showing arched dam gates above foamy water on a concrete spillway with mountains and cloudy sky behind. — Arched spillway gates send white water down the dam face, with mountains visible beyond the structure.

1958 Montana dam footage frame with arched spillway openings, foamy cascading water, a diagonal cable or line, and dark film borders. — The spillway fills the frame as water breaks into foam beneath the arched dam openings.

1958 Montana home-movie view of foamy water rushing down a concrete dam face beneath arched spillway gates. — A tighter handheld view emphasizes the textured white water moving down the concrete face.

1958 Montana frame showing the dam from a slightly wider angle, with foamy spillway water, arched gates, mountain terrain, and film gate edges. — The final frame widens enough to show surrounding terrain beside the active spillway.

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