Arizona USA-1968: Canyon River With Power Lines And Boulder Canyon Project Title Card

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Arizona

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Canyon River With Power Lines And Boulder Canyon Project... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic canyon landscape in Arizona. The footage shows a deep blue river winding through rugged, rocky cliffs, with power lines stretching across the water. A winding road follows the canyon edge, and the final frame reveals a title card from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Boulder Canyon Project, listing power allottees including Arizona, Nevada, and Los Angeles. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking mid-century Americana and infrastructure development.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 124744175

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1040 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: scottsdale
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: scottsdale arizona
Date: 1968 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: Arizona, 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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing visitor-shot canyon, river, power-line, and public infrastructure visuals for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The visible Boulder Canyon Project title card and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie context tied to Southwestern water and power infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, looking down across the canyon and ending on an informational project display rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a deep blue river, steep rocky canyon walls, overhead power lines, a narrow road or dam-side route, scrub vegetation, and a Boulder Canyon Project title card.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, high contrast, and blue-purple color shift typical of aging home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief infrastructure cutaway, location transition, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge into Hoover Dam and Colorado River power topics.
Historical context: The imagery places canyon scenery beside electric transmission and Bureau of Reclamation signage, suggesting a mid-century public works and resource-management setting.
Research note: No people are visible, but the government project title card and named public entities should be reviewed for contextual use, copyright status, and trademark-like display concerns.
Research search match: Searches for 1968 Arizona 8mm canyon river power lines, Boulder Canyon Project home movie, Bureau of Reclamation title card, and vintage Southwest infrastructure footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1968 Arizona canyon or Colorado River footage, then broader mid-century dam, road, and power-transmission material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Arizona home-movie view looking down over a blue canyon river, rugged cliffs, and power lines spanning the water. — Canyon river and rocky cliffs with power lines crossing the scene.

Arizona canyon view with blue river water, steep rock walls, power lines, and a pale route or structure near the canyon edge. — River, canyon rock, and a pale edge route beneath crossing power lines.

Wider 1968 Arizona canyon perspective showing river water, rocky terrain, power lines, and a winding pale road or project route. — Wider canyon landscape with river, power lines, and a winding edge route.

Title card for the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Boulder Canyon Project, listing power allottees. — Boulder Canyon Project power allottees title card appears at the end of the clip.

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