Montana USA-1958: Water Flowing From Dam Spillway

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

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Water Flowing From Dam Spillway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a massive dam releasing water under a cloudy sky. The footage shows the dam's concrete structure with water cascading over its spillway, creating a powerful flow. The scene is framed with film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The surrounding landscape features hills and a distant bridge, with a small building visible on the hillside. The overall mood is industrial and nostalgic, showcasing mid-century infrastructure in Montana.

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: 123478833

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 Montana 8mm footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief view of dam spillway water release and mid-century public works infrastructure.
Period detail: The clip may show 1958 visitor-shot views of a concrete dam, spillway gates, hills, and a small hillside structure, with no visible people or signage to confirm a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a visitor's observational home movie, holding on the scale of water flowing over the dam rather than staging a formal industrial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam crest, spilling water, mist or spray, cloudy sky, rolling hills, a small hillside building, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate edges, grain, dust marks, muted color, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, infrastructure insert, transition into water management themes, or memory beat within a Montana travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually situates large-scale water control within a rural western landscape, while the frames do not identify the specific dam or project.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Montana dam footage, 8mm spillway water release, vintage hydro infrastructure, and home movie reservoir views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Montana footage, then broader vintage dam, reservoir, water, or public works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing water cascading over a concrete dam spillway with hills and clouds behind it. — Water pours over the dam spillway beneath a cloudy sky.

1958 Montana home-movie frame showing spillway water release across a concrete dam, partially obscured by a dark frame edge. — The spillway is seen through a strong 8mm frame edge as water runs over the dam.

1958 Montana 8mm frame with a concrete dam spillway, water spray, hillside terrain, and a small structure above the dam. — A wider angle shows the dam face, hillside, and spillway water below.

Soft 1958 Montana 8mm frame showing the dam structure, hillside, water below, and a pale building-like form on the slope. — The shot softens as the dam structure and surrounding hillside remain visible.

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