Maine-1971: A Dam In A Village Everyone Should Visit

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMaine, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Maine

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A Dam In A Village Everyone Should Visit — Clip Details

MAINE-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a weathered metal plaque engraved with 'FRANK J. BRIDGES BRUNSWICK 193' on a rusted green structure. The scene transitions to a wide shot of a concrete dam and power station nestled in a forested, rocky landscape. Water flows over the dam's spillway, with a small white building and transmission towers visible. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural colors and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a mid-20th century American industrial landmark.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125770633

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: Maine, 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 1970s Maine archive requests needing brief home-movie footage of a small dam, power structure, or rural industrial landmark for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, engraved metal plaque, concrete dam, simple utility building, and transmission structure support a 1971 rural New England industrial setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a close look at an identifying plaque to wider views of the dam and surrounding landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a weathered metal plaque, rusted green structure, concrete dam, white utility building, spillway water, rocky riverbed, trees, and transmission tower.
Film character: Natural 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure shifts, and handheld framing give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, location cutaway, industrial heritage transition, or memory beat within a Maine travel or infrastructure sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a small-scale dam and power-related structure set within a wooded, rocky Maine landscape, reflecting a visitor's view of local infrastructure.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the plaque text and dam structure may require identification and property-context review separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm dam footage, vintage home movie of a hydroelectric site, rural New England power station, or concrete spillway in a village setting.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Maine travel footage, then other 1971 Brunswick-area or Maine clips, then broader rural dams, power stations, and visitor-shot landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a weathered plaque with partial Frank J. Bridges and Brunswick text on a rusted green metal surface. — Close-up of an engraved metal plaque on a weathered green structure.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a concrete dam, small white utility building, transmission tower, trees, and rocky riverbank. — Concrete dam and power-related structures seen across a rocky river landscape.

1971 Maine 8mm frame with a wide visitor view of the dam, white utility building, transmission structure, wooded hillside, and rocky foreground. — Wide visitor-shot view of the dam complex with trees and rocky foreground.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing spillway water, concrete dam walls, a small white building, rocky riverbed, and surrounding trees. — Spillway water and dam walls framed by rocks and wooded terrain.

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