Montana USA-1958: Water Cascading over Dam on Cloudy Day

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

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Water Cascading over Dam on Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures water cascading powerfully over a concrete dam in Montana. The footage shows turbulent white water flowing down the spillway under an overcast sky, with the dam's structure and surrounding rocky terrain visible. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film edge borders give it an authentic mid-century archival feel. This is a rare glimpse of hydroelectric infrastructure in action during the late 1950s, ideal for historical or environmental documentaries.

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: 123478696

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

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 Montana dam footage suited for documentary inserts on water infrastructure, regional landscapes, public works, or mid-century home-movie travel records.
Period detail: The concrete spillway, simple railings, rocky slopes, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century visitor view of dam infrastructure in Montana.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a visitor pausing to film moving water and the dam face from a nearby overlook or roadside vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam spillway, white cascading water, mist, railings, rocky terrain, overcast sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, muted color, exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or atmospheric insert for hydroelectric power, western travel, water management, or landscape change.
Historical context: The scene places large-scale water control within a domestic travel-film perspective, showing infrastructure as a visible part of the Montana landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or infrastructure permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm dam footage, Montana spillway home movie, vintage hydroelectric infrastructure, and archival cascading water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Montana 1958 travel views, then broader dam, reservoir, water, and public-works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Montana footage shows water pouring over a concrete dam, with a structure and film-frame borders visible. — Water cascades over the dam face as seen in a faded 8mm home-movie frame.

1958 Montana dam footage shows a concrete spillway edge, misting water, railings, and rocky ground above the structure. — Mist rises near the dam structure, with railings and rocky terrain visible above the spillway.

1958 8mm Montana frame shows water rushing over a concrete dam wall, with railings, rocks, and soft film grain. — Rushing water covers part of the concrete dam face below rocky ground and railings.

1958 Montana home-movie footage shows white water pouring over a concrete dam beneath rocky hills and a cloudy sky. — White water surges over the dam, with rocky hills and overcast sky in the background.

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