Texas-1958: Filmed View Of Hydro Dam And Associated Power Lines Connected To It

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationTexas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Texas

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Filmed View Of Hydro Dam And Associated Power Lines... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures a dramatic view of a massive hydroelectric dam in Texas. The camera pans across the immense concrete structure, revealing its imposing scale against a rugged mountain backdrop. Close-ups highlight the intricate power transmission towers and high-voltage lines connecting to the facility. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural film artifacts, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century industrial infrastructure and energy generation.

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: 127411829

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: 1958 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: Texas, 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: 1950s Texas industrial infrastructure footage for documentary edits needing hydroelectric dam, power transmission, or mid-century energy-generation visuals.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century dam architecture, concrete spillway surfaces, rocky terrain, and lattice transmission structures consistent with the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with brief handheld views scanning the dam face and nearby power-line structures rather than a staged industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include massive concrete dam walls, rugged rock faces, a spillway-like surface, lattice power towers, cables, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and visible contact-sheet framing that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, industrial cutaway, energy-history transition, or establishing memory beat for hydroelectric infrastructure.
Historical context: The images place power generation within a rugged engineered landscape, showing dam construction and transmission hardware without identifying a specific facility.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but researchers should still verify copyright status and any site or property restrictions before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1958 Texas hydro dam 8mm footage, vintage power lines, mid-century electric generation, and home movie dam infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1958 Texas material, then hydroelectric dams, power transmission towers, and mid-century industrial landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Texas 8mm frame showing a concrete dam face and rugged rock formation, softened by faded color and handheld blur. — Concrete dam structure and rock face fill the frame.

1958 Texas 8mm view of a sloping dam surface, adjacent rock, and part of a metal transmission structure near the frame edge. — Sloping dam surface appears beside rock and metal tower elements.

1958 Texas 8mm frame showing a blurred concrete dam section, vertical spillway-like openings, and rocky terrain above it. — Blurred concrete dam details with vertical openings are visible.

1958 Texas 8mm frame showing metal transmission towers and cables against a dam surface and rugged terrain. — Power transmission structures stand near the dam and rocky landscape.

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