North Dakota-1972: A River And Dam In A Rural Landscape

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 North Dakota

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A River And Dam In A Rural Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene North Dakota landscape featuring a calm river and a small dam or water control structure. The footage shows a gravel embankment, a white house on a grassy hill, and utility poles, all under a cloudy sky. The view is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or from inside a vehicle. The color palette is muted with faded greens, blues, and earth tones, characteristic of 1970s Super 8 film. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet rural life and mid-century Americana, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 125777581

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: 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: North Dakota, 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: 1972 North Dakota rural river and dam footage for documentary inserts, regional landscape context, infrastructure cutaways, or quiet period atmosphere.
Period detail: The gravel embankment, utility poles, small water-control structure, and modest rural buildings may show early 1970s infrastructure in a sparsely developed North Dakota setting.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like an unstaged traveler or family observer recording a brief view from behind dark vertical window or vehicle edges.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a river or reservoir, riprap embankment, small dam or gate structure, utility equipment, dirt road, grassy hillside, white house, and clouded sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, muted color, and dark frame edges that contribute to its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s regional sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a quiet rural waterside landscape where domestic buildings, utilities, road access, and water management sit close together.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should review copyright status and any property or location sensitivities for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 North Dakota river dam 8mm, rural water control structure home movie, and 1970s Great Plains landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 North Dakota material, then rural river, dam, reservoir, utility, or Great Plains landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 North Dakota rural waterside view with riprap embankment, water-control structure, utility poles, and a white house on a grassy hill. — A small dam or water-control area sits between the river and rural hillside buildings.

North Dakota home-movie frame showing a calm river edge, riprap slope, small utility or dam equipment, dirt road, and hillside house. — Utility poles and small structures line the embankment above the water.

Muted 8mm frame of a North Dakota river or reservoir beside a gravel embankment, with small utility structures and a rural house in the background. — The camera lingers on the embankment and small water-control installation.

1972 North Dakota waterside landscape with broad cloudy sky, distant shoreline, calm water, poles, trees, and dark window-like framing. — The final view opens to a wider stretch of water beneath a dramatic cloudy sky.

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