Arizona-1972: Concrete Dam Bridge Over River With Metal Railings

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Concrete Dam Bridge Over River With Metal Railings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this archival footage captures a concrete dam or bridge structure spanning a calm river in Arizona. The low-angle view emphasizes the stepped concrete supports and metal railings along the walkway, with arid hillsides in the background. The film shows natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, conveying a nostalgic, documentary-style perspective of mid-century infrastructure.

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: 125775748

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Arizona infrastructure footage for documentary inserts, regional history programs, museum media, or commercial edits needing a brief river dam or bridge cutaway.
Period detail: The concrete supports, metal railings, arid hillside, and 8mm color home-movie texture support an early 1970s infrastructure view, though no specific landmark is identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the walkway and river structure from low angles rather than staging action or posing people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm river water, stepped concrete supports, a narrow bridge or dam walkway, metal guardrails, rocky desert slopes, shoreline riprap, and strong daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows natural grain, slight color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and minor handheld movement that read as authentic archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, infrastructure insert, regional transition, or quiet memory beat between travel and landscape scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually places public works infrastructure within an arid Arizona river landscape, showing how a pedestrian-scale structure meets the surrounding rocky terrain.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Arizona 8mm river bridge, vintage dam walkway footage, desert infrastructure home movie, and concrete bridge with metal railings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Arizona 1972 footage, then broader 1970s river, bridge, dam, desert travel, or public works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing a concrete dam or bridge structure with metal railings beside calm river water and rocky desert slope. — Low-angle view of concrete supports and railings along a river structure in Arizona.

1972 Arizona 8mm view of a concrete bridge or dam edge with metal guardrails, calm water, and dry rocky terrain in the background. — Concrete river crossing with railings and arid hillside visible beyond the water.

1972 Arizona 8mm frame looking along a concrete dam or bridge walkway with metal railings over calm green-blue river water. — Perspective down the railing-lined walkway across the river structure.

1972 Arizona 8mm view along a concrete bridge or dam walkway, showing metal railings, repeating supports, river water, and desert rock slopes. — Railing-lined concrete structure extends across calm water toward rocky terrain.

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