North Dakota-1972: Baldhill Dam Sign and Rolling Farmland

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

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Baldhill Dam Sign and Rolling Farmland — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1972 captures a close-up of a blue and white informational sign for Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir, featuring illustrations of fish and a photo of people fishing. The scene transitions to a wide shot of rolling green farmland under a cloudy sky, with red and white farm buildings nestled on the hills. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color saturation, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century Americana feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125777634

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 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: Useful for 1970s North Dakota travel, reservoir, dam, rural landscape, or family road-trip sequences needing real 8mm home-movie source material.
Period detail: The blue-and-white Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir sign, printed fish illustrations, and saturated 8mm color support an early-1970s visitor-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on an informational roadside sign before cutting to farmland, giving the clip the feel of a traveler documenting a stop and the surrounding countryside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Baldhill Dam sign, fish drawings, a small fishing photo, map scale markings, rolling green hills, cloudy sky, and distant farm buildings.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld instability, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a location insert, road-trip memory beat, rural transition, or cutaway between reservoir and farmland material.
Historical context: The clip visually connects public recreation signage with cultivated rural scenery, without making claims beyond the shown reservoir reference and North Dakota metadata.
Research note: People appear only within the printed sign photo; review likeness, signage, and any property context separately from copyright or footage licensing.
Research search match: Searches such as 1970s North Dakota 8mm, Baldhill Dam sign, Lake Ashtabula Reservoir, rural farmland home movie, and vintage dam travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1972 North Dakota or Lake Ashtabula material, then broader dam, reservoir, fishing, or farmland footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 North Dakota 8mm frame showing a blue-and-white Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir informational sign. — Close view of the Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir sign with fish illustrations and a small fishing scene.

1972 North Dakota 8mm frame of the Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir sign with printed fishing imagery. — The camera holds on the reservoir sign, including fish drawings and a small photo of people fishing.

1972 North Dakota home-movie frame showing the reservoir sign with fish illustrations, fishing photo, and scale markings. — A slightly shifted view of the Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula Reservoir display sign.

1972 North Dakota 8mm frame showing green rural hills, farm buildings, and a cloudy sky after the reservoir sign shot. — Wide rural view of green hills and distant farm structures beneath a clouded sky.

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