Texas USA-1963: Girl Examines School Project on Dams and Water Resources

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationTexas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Girl Examines School Project on Dams and Water Resources — Clip Details

A young girl in a plaid shirt examines her school project on a green bulletin board in a Texas classroom in 1963. The display, titled 'Why Are Dams Valuable Assets?', features a model of a dam and text explaining how dams turn shallow streams into sources of recreation, power, and irrigation. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a moment of focused learning with authentic vintage colors and grain, evoking a sense of mid-century American education.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125499719

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Texas, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for early 1960s Texas schoolroom footage, classroom project displays, and education cutaways for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, green bulletin board, typed classroom display, and handmade dam model support a mid-century school setting consistent with the 1963 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel as the girl studies and moves around the school project rather than posing for a formal camera setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a girl in plaid, a green bulletin board, dam-project signage, small photographs, ribbons or labels, a model landscape, and classroom cabinets.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the classroom scene archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short education insert, science-fair cutaway, Texas childhood memory beat, or transition into water-resource themes.
Historical context: The display presents dams as sources of recreation, power, and irrigation, showing how water resources were framed in a classroom project setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright or archive-use assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1963 Texas classroom home movie, 8mm school project on dams, vintage water resources education, and mid-century science display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel schoolroom material, then other Texas 1963 education scenes, then broader 1960s classroom or water-resource project footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1963 Texas classroom, a girl in plaid looks at a bulletin-board project titled “Why Are Dams Valuable Assets?” — Girl studies a classroom dam project with photos and a model landscape beneath the display.

The girl stands near the model dam display in the Texas classroom, looking toward labels and photographs on the board. — A classroom dam model sits below a board explaining recreation, power, and irrigation uses.

A girl passes in front of the 1963 Texas classroom display, with the dam project title and model landscape visible behind her. — The student moves past the display board, leaving the handmade dam project centered in frame.

At the edge of the frame, the girl smiles beside the 1963 Texas classroom dam-project display and photo-covered bulletin board. — The girl smiles near the edge of the frame while the dam project remains visible on the board.

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