Nevada USA-1959: Tourists and Officers at Dam Overlook with Classic Car

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Tourists and Officers at Dam Overlook with Classic Car — Clip Details

NEVADA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures tourists at a scenic overlook near a massive dam and reservoir. A woman in a red vest and white hat stands near a classic 1950s car as men in cowboy hats, including a uniformed officer, converse. The rugged mountain landscape and power lines frame the scene under a bright sun. The clip transitions to a wide view of the dam and winding roads, showcasing mid-century Americana and the era's travel culture.

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: 123622062

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 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 requests needing 1950s Nevada travel footage, dam-overlook tourism, roadside Americana, or official presence in a documentary or museum sequence.
Period detail: The classic finned car, brimmed hats, white gloves or hat styling, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s visitor scene, with the 1959 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged tourist viewpoint as visitors pause near a dam overlook, stand beside a car, and look across the reservoir landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tourists, a uniformed officer or official, cowboy hats, a white classic car, rocky mountains, reservoir water, dam structures, and winding roads.
Film character: The footage has a home-movie 8mm look with visible grain, saturated blue shadows, handheld framing, bright sun exposure, and contact-sheet edge artifacts.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief travel insert, memory beat, location transition, or cutaway from visitors at the overlook to the dam and road below.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure travel around a major Nevada dam and reservoir, with tourists and officials sharing a scenic public overlook.
Research note: People and possible law-enforcement or official uniforms are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed apart from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Nevada 8mm dam overlook tourists, vintage reservoir road views, classic car travel footage, and home movie visitors at a dam.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Nevada 1959 dam or reservoir footage, then with broader 1950s road-trip tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Nevada home-movie frame showing tourists near a white classic car at a dam overlook with mountains behind them. — Visitors stand beside a classic car at a bright mountain overlook near a reservoir.

1959 Nevada frame with visitors, a possible uniformed official, and a white classic car at a dam overlook. — A small group gathers near the overlook wall as the car fills the foreground.

1959 Nevada home-movie view looking down toward a reservoir, dam structure, pale slopes, and winding access roads. — The camera cuts from visitors to a wide overlook view of the reservoir and road below.

Wide 1959 Nevada view of dark reservoir water, a dam wall, pale rocky terrain, and winding roads from a high overlook. — A broad view shows the dam area, reservoir edge, and switchback-like roadway.

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