Arizona-1969: Dam Nestled Between Mountains with Spillways and Calm Lake

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Arizona

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Dam Nestled Between Mountains with Spillways and Calm Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of a large dam nestled between rugged mountains. The footage shows the concrete structure with water flowing over its spillways, surrounded by green trees and a calm lake. The image has the characteristic grain, color shift, and slight instability of Super 8 home movies, with a sunlit sky and natural landscape creating a nostalgic, mid-century American outdoor scene. The camera pans slightly, offering different angles of the dam and surrounding terrain.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127474715

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: 1969 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: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1960s 8mm scenic Arizona footage of a dam, reservoir water, and rugged mountain landscape.
Period detail: The footage may show a late-1960s visitor view of a concrete dam and reservoir, with the era mainly supported by the 1969 8mm source metadata and film appearance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot landmark perspective, observing the dam and lake from a distance rather than staging people or action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam, spillway structures, calm reservoir water, steep rocky mountains, green shoreline trees, bright sunlit rock faces, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, landscape cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century Arizona outdoor footage.
Historical context: The view places a large water-control structure within a dry mountain landscape, offering visual context for tourism, infrastructure, and reservoir scenery without naming the site.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or landmark permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Arizona 8mm dam footage, vintage reservoir and mountain home movie, or mid-century American lake landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Arizona reservoir or mountain views, then broader vintage dam, lake, and Southwest travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Arizona 8mm view of a concrete dam set below rocky mountains, seen through dark gate edges. — A distant dam and mountain backdrop appear in a sunlit 8mm travel view.

1969 Arizona home-movie frame showing a dam, reservoir edge, and rugged hills in bright daylight. — The camera holds on the dam and reservoir edge beneath rocky terrain.

1969 Arizona 8mm view of reservoir water, rocky shore, and steep mountain slope with strong sunlight. — Reservoir water fills the foreground while sunlit rock and mountain slopes line the shore.

1969 Arizona 8mm frame of blue reservoir water, a rocky shoreline, and distant mountain terrain. — The view shifts across the reservoir toward rocky shoreline and distant mountains.

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