Montana USA-1958: Three People Viewing A Large Dam On The Water

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

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Three People Viewing A Large Dam On The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures three people—two men and a woman—standing on a bridge or overlook, gazing at a massive concrete dam. The man on the right wears a red and black plaid jacket, the woman a light cardigan, and the older man on the left a white shirt with a bow tie. The scene transitions to sweeping views of the dam, showing water cascading over its spillway and the vast reservoir behind it, set against arid hills under a partly cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color saturation and film grain, evoking mid-century Americana and engineering pride.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123479042

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Montana home-movie footage for documentary requests needing visitors viewing a major dam and reservoir infrastructure.
Period detail: Clothing, 8mm color, and the overlook setting may show late-1950s leisure travel around a large public works site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from posed companions at an overlook to handheld views of the dam and spillway.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, an overlook railing, arid hills, a concrete dam, a blue reservoir, spillway water, roads, and scattered buildings.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated color, slight handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short infrastructure insert, travel-memory beat, or transition from people at a viewpoint to the dam landscape.
Historical context: The scene visually connects mid-century road travel with public engineering tourism without proving a specific dam identity from the frames alone.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Montana dam home movie, 8mm reservoir spillway, tourists at dam overlook, and vintage public works footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Montana travel footage, then broader 1950s dam, reservoir, and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three adults in 1958 Montana home-movie footage stand near a dam overlook, with arid hills and railings in the background. — Three visitors pause at an overlook before the dam views.

A large concrete dam and blue reservoir appear in a 1958 Montana home-movie view, with dry hills under a partly cloudy sky. — Wide view of the dam, reservoir, and surrounding hills.

The dam spillway releases white water beneath a blue reservoir in this 1958 Montana 8mm home-movie frame. — Water rushes through the spillway below the dam.

A closer 1958 Montana home-movie view shows heavy spillway flow from a concrete dam, with reservoir water and hills behind. — Heavy spillway flow fills the lower right of the frame.

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