Arizona-1959: Aerial Views of Hydroelectric Dam and Canyon River

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Aerial Views of Hydroelectric Dam and Canyon River — Clip Details

ARIZONA-1959: Aerial views of a massive hydroelectric dam nestled in a rugged canyon, with deep blue water flowing beneath. The 8mm film captures the industrial structure from multiple angles, showing power lines stretching across the landscape and rocky cliffs surrounding the site. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality typical of vintage home movies, with warm color tones and natural daylight. The camera pans across the dam and river, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century infrastructure in the American Southwest.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125507377

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 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 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for mid-century hydroelectric infrastructure, canyon reservoirs, and aerial visitor views of the American Southwest.
Period detail: The clip may show 1950s dam infrastructure, utility lines, concrete service buildings, and arid canyon terrain, consistent with the supplied 1959 Arizona metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot aerial perspective, observing the dam and canyon river from above rather than staging action or presenting official industrial documentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam or power structure, deep blue reservoir water, utility lines, rocky canyon walls, small buildings, and sunlit desert slopes.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that give the infrastructure view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, geographic transition, infrastructure cutaway, or period travel-memory beat for the Southwest.
Historical context: The views place large water-control infrastructure within a rugged desert canyon, reflecting a mid-century visitor record of engineered landscapes in Arizona.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or landmark restrictions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Arizona 8mm dam footage, vintage aerial hydroelectric dam, canyon river reservoir home movie, and Southwest infrastructure film may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1959 Arizona canyon or dam scenes, then broader vintage Southwest water and infrastructure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Arizona 8mm frame showing an aerial view of concrete dam works, utility lines, blue water, and rocky canyon walls. — Aerial view over dam structures, utility lines, and canyon water.

1959 Arizona 8mm frame with an oblique aerial view across a concrete dam edge, reservoir water, and pale canyon rock. — Dam edge and reservoir water seen from an elevated moving viewpoint.

1959 Arizona 8mm frame looking down on dam equipment, crossing utility lines, blue canyon water, and a bright rock face. — Downward view of dam infrastructure with utility lines over canyon water.

1959 Arizona 8mm frame showing a rocky canyon slope, utility lines, a tower-like structure, and a small pale building near the dam area. — Canyon infrastructure and utility lines against sunlit rock slopes.

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