Arizona-1972: A Massive Concrete Dam and Reservoir in the Desert

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Massive Concrete Dam and Reservoir in the Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage footage captures a massive concrete dam in Arizona under a bright blue sky. The wide view shows the dam's structure, a calm reservoir, and distant mountains, with a few vehicles and people visible near the base. The final frame shifts to a landscaped area with palm trees and rock formations, suggesting a visitor's perspective. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American landscape.

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: 125775733

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

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: 1972 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

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: 1970s Arizona home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests needing a visitor view of a desert dam, reservoir, and public overlook setting.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s leisure travel details through the 8mm color stock, roadside vehicles, concrete dam architecture, guardrails, and landscaped visitor area.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor's sightseeing perspective from near the dam, favoring broad landmark views and a brief look down toward palms and rock landscaping.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large concrete dam structure, blue reservoir water, desert mountains, roadways, guardrails, small vehicles, rocky slopes, and palm plantings.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm look with saturated blues, visible grain, slight softness, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserves the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, or memory beat for Southwest road-trip and reservoir sequences.
Historical context: The frames place a major water-control structure within a dry mountain landscape, showing the visitor-access view rather than an engineering or news perspective.
Research note: People are flagged as visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location permissions, and any dam or agency restrictions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1970s Arizona dam home movie, 8mm desert reservoir footage, vintage Southwest travel dam, and concrete dam overlook may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Arizona travel footage, then broader desert infrastructure, reservoir, or roadside tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing a concrete dam, blue reservoir water, desert hills, road barriers, and small vehicles near the overlook. — Wide visitor view of a concrete dam and reservoir in the Arizona desert.

1972 Arizona home-movie frame with the dam structure at right, reservoir and mountains beyond, and a road with distant vehicles below. — Dam structure and reservoir seen from a roadside or visitor overlook.

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing the concrete dam at right, a blue reservoir, desert mountains, roadway barriers, and rocky terrain in the foreground. — Concrete dam and reservoir framed by desert mountains and road barriers.

1972 Arizona visitor-area frame looking down at palms, shrubs, rock formations, steps, metal railing, and a surrounding wall near the dam site. — Landscaped visitor area with palms and rock formations near the dam.

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