Montana USA-1958: Dam Under Construction in Mountains

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

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Dam Under Construction in Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a massive concrete dam under construction in Montana. The footage shows the dam's curved spillway, power lines overhead, and the rugged mountainous terrain surrounding the site. Inside the dam, rows of structural supports and machinery are visible, with a person's head briefly appearing in one frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, offering a rare glimpse into mid-century infrastructure development.

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: 123478878

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 museum sequences about mid-century dam construction and visitor views of large public works.
Period detail: The frames may show 1950s infrastructure work through exposed concrete forms, steel supports, overhead utility lines, and a visitor vantage inside and beside the dam.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor's home movie, looking down walkways and spillway edges rather than staging construction activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curved concrete spillway, steep dam walls, steel railings, utility towers, power lines, structural supports, machinery areas, and rugged hills.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, blue color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that signal original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat linking landscape, engineering, and mid-century travel footage.
Historical context: The clip visually places large concrete infrastructure within mountainous Montana terrain without confirming the dam's name or construction phase beyond the supplied description.
Research note: People are flagged visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Montana dam construction, 1950s 8mm infrastructure footage, vintage concrete spillway, and home movie hydroelectric dam views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Montana 1958 material, then with broader dam, power, construction, and mountain travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing a curved concrete dam edge, overhead power lines, utility structures, and rugged terrain beyond. — Visitor view along the curved dam structure toward hills, utility towers, and overhead lines.

1958 Montana 8mm frame looking into a dam structure with repeated supports, concrete forms, railings, and industrial equipment areas. — Rows of structural supports and railings inside the dam create a dense construction view.

1958 Montana 8mm frame from a visitor walkway beside railings, concrete supports, and the bright sloped spillway surface. — The camera looks down a dam walkway with railings, concrete supports, and the spillway edge nearby.

1958 Montana 8mm frame showing the dam wall, sloped spillway edge, railings, concrete supports, and rugged hills beyond. — A final visitor view follows the dam wall and spillway edge toward the surrounding hillside.

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