Wisconsin-1969: Visiting The Eau Galle Dam And Reservoir In Spring Valley

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Wisconsin

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Visiting The Eau Galle Dam And Reservoir In Spring Valley — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a snowy winter landscape in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. The footage shows a snow-covered field with a distant view of the Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir, framed by bare trees and rolling hills. A close-up reveals an official sign detailing the dam's construction by the U.S. Army Engineer District. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of midwestern infrastructure and rural scenery from the late 1960s.

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: 125630542

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 1021 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: minnesota,wisconsin
Date: 1969 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: Wisconsin, 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 Midwest infrastructure, winter travel, rural landscape, or public-works cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The sign and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s visitor record of Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir in Spring Valley, Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a snowy overlook to a close view of the official dam sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-covered ground, bare trees, rolling hills, reservoir area, a dark foreground post, and the Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir sign.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, purple-blue color shift, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, winter landscape transition, infrastructure cutaway, or home-movie memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually places a public reservoir site within a rural Wisconsin winter setting, seen through a private travel-film viewpoint.
Research note: No people are visible, but the official U.S. Army Engineer District sign and insignia should be reviewed for identification and copyright context.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Wisconsin 8mm dam footage, Eau Galle Reservoir home movie, Midwest winter infrastructure, and Spring Valley Wisconsin reservoir.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Spring Valley or Wisconsin 1969 material, then other Midwest dam, reservoir, winter travel, or public-works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Snow-covered rural landscape near Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir in Wisconsin, filmed in soft 8mm color. — Snow-covered field and distant tree line near the reservoir area.

Winter view across the Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir area, with bare trees and rolling hills in 8mm footage. — A winter view across snow and bare trees toward the reservoir landscape.

Official Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir sign in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, noting construction by the U.S. Army Engineer District. — The official sign identifies Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir in Spring Valley, Wisconsin.

Close 8mm frame of the Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir sign for Spring Valley, Wisconsin, with visible official insignia. — A closer view of the reservoir sign and its U.S. Army Engineer District credit.

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