Arizona USA-1939: Dam With Winding Road And Reservoir In Rocky Desert

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Dam With Winding Road And Reservoir In Rocky Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage footage captures a massive concrete dam nestled in a rugged, rocky desert landscape in Arizona. The clip features sweeping views of the dam's towering structures, the deep blue reservoir it holds, and a winding paved road snaking along the arid terrain. Sunlight illuminates the scene, highlighting the stark contrast between the engineered marvel and the natural environment. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a strong sense of mid-century Americana and engineering achievement.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124761099

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 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: Arizona, 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 1930s U.S. infrastructure, desert travel, reservoir, or public-works cutaways in documentary, museum, education, and editorial productions.
Period detail: The paved winding road, concrete dam face, intake towers, and color 8mm home-movie look support a late-1930s visitor record of a major Arizona water-control site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip appears to be filmed from a visitor overlook or roadside vantage point, valuing the dam as a scenic landmark rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam, reservoir water, intake towers, rocky desert slopes, a winding paved road, shoreline, and bright sunlit terrain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge density that give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for desert engineering and reservoir themes.
Historical context: The views place large-scale engineered concrete forms against arid Arizona terrain, showing how a home-movie traveler visually framed water infrastructure in the 1930s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property implications for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Arizona 8mm dam footage, vintage reservoir and winding road, desert infrastructure home movie, and prewar U.S. public works visuals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with Arizona or 1939 travel footage, then with dam, reservoir, desert road, and infrastructure themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Arizona 8mm frame showing a large concrete dam, intake towers, reservoir water, and rocky desert slopes from an elevated viewpoint. — Dam structures and intake towers stand beside the reservoir in a rocky desert setting.

1939 Arizona 8mm frame with a winding paved road crossing arid terrain near the dark edge of a reservoir. — A paved road curves through the desert landscape near the reservoir shoreline.

1939 Arizona 8mm frame looking across a reservoir edge toward a concrete dam wall and a winding road in desert terrain. — The road bends below a concrete dam wall with reservoir water in the foreground.

1939 Arizona 8mm frame showing the dam wall across rocky terrain, with reservoir water and a curving road visible below. — A concrete dam wall runs across the rocky desert above the reservoir and road.

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