Arizona-1959: Man Walking Near Dam With Mountain Backdrop

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Walking Near Dam With Mountain Backdrop — Clip Details

ARIZONA-1959: A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants walks along a curved concrete structure near a massive dam. The rugged mountain backdrop and industrial power lines suggest a remote engineering site. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the era's vintage aesthetic with warm color tones and natural film grain. The man moves at a relaxed pace, observing the surroundings, while the camera follows his movement. The sequence includes a close-up of the dam's textured concrete surface, emphasizing its scale and construction. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century infrastructure and daily life in Arizona.

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: 125507350

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

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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: 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: 1950s Arizona infrastructure footage for editors needing a brief home-movie view of visitors near a large concrete dam and rugged mountain setting.
Period detail: The light shirt and dark trousers, 8mm color, road cones, power lines, and concrete dam structures may show a mid-century public works site in Arizona.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as an adult man walks and looks around the dam area while the camera observes from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, curved concrete walls, a dam face, mountain slopes, road cones, power-line equipment, railings, and textured concrete.
Film character: The scan has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that situate it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between broader Arizona landscape and infrastructure sequences.
Historical context: The scene places a casually dressed visitor against large-scale concrete engineering, suggesting public access or observation near a remote dam setting.
Research note: An adult face is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, and the dam site should be checked for property or location restrictions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Arizona dam home movie, 8mm visitor at concrete dam, mid-century infrastructure footage, and mountain dam cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Arizona dam or travel footage, and then broader mid-century infrastructure or engineering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Arizona footage, an adult man stands near a curved concrete dam wall with rugged hills, road cones, and power equipment in the background. — Adult man near a concrete dam approach with mountains and utility structures behind him.

An adult man in a light shirt and dark pants walks beside a tall concrete dam wall along a curved roadway in the Arizona setting. — Man walking along the concrete wall near the dam roadway.

The footage cuts to a large concrete dam face with vertical tower structures and rocky hills behind it, seen in soft 8mm color. — View across the dam face with towers and hillside beyond.

A close view shows the textured concrete surface of the dam wall, emphasizing scale through diagonal seams and weathered tonal variation. — Close detail of the dam's textured concrete surface.

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