Nevada USA-1959: Dam Construction On A River Produces Electricity

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Dam Construction On A River Produces Electricity — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a massive dam under construction in Nevada. The footage shows concrete walls, metal frameworks, and generator bases along a river canyon. Turbines and electrical infrastructure are visible as water rushes through the spillway. The grainy, color-tinted film reveals the scale of mid-century engineering, with a sense of industrial progress and technological ambition. This archival clip offers a nostalgic look at 1950s 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: 123621994

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s infrastructure, hydroelectric power, Nevada engineering, or mid-century construction sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The concrete dam works, metal frameworks, canyon setting, and color 8mm handling support the 1959 Nevada infrastructure context supplied in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot viewpoint from high above the dam works, observing scale, water movement, and construction details without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete dam walls, narrow service decks, metal framework, rushing water, canyon rock, blue reservoir water, and generator-like structural bases.
Film character: Color 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the brief views a physical home-movie texture from the late 1950s.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a construction insert, hydroelectric cutaway, industrial transition, or visual memory beat about public works and river control.
Historical context: The clip visually places mid-century engineering within a river canyon, showing concrete infrastructure and moving water rather than workers or ceremonial activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any site or property permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Nevada dam construction 8mm, hydroelectric dam home movie, river canyon power infrastructure, and vintage spillway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 Nevada or dam-site footage, then broader 1950s engineering, electricity, river, and construction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada 8mm frame showing concrete dam works, metal rods, and a rocky canyon edge from above. — Concrete dam structure and canyon rock seen from a high visitor vantage.

High-angle 1959 Nevada dam view with concrete infrastructure bordering fast-moving green water below. — Concrete dam edge and turbulent water viewed from above.

Color 8mm frame of Nevada dam construction with concrete sides, metal framework, and water turbulence below. — Dam works and metal framework above rushing water.

1959 Nevada dam-site frame showing deep blue water between concrete structures and canyon rock. — Blue reservoir or spillway water framed by concrete and canyon rock.

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