Nevada-1954: View Of Dam With Water Flowing Over Spillway

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Nevada

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View Of Dam With Water Flowing Over Spillway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a high-angle view of a massive concrete dam with water cascading over its spillway. The footage shows turbulent blue-green water rushing below, with a metal truss structure visible in the lower right. The scene is framed by dark borders, characteristic of Super 8 film, with a distinct purple tint on the dam's upper sections and a grainy, nostalgic quality. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of mid-century infrastructure and engineering in Nevada.

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: 127727391

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: 1954 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: Nevada, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial projects needing brief infrastructure, dam, water-management, or Nevada travel cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The concrete dam face, spillway turbulence, and color 8mm stock support a mid-century infrastructure view, with Nevada and 1954 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The high, slightly obstructed viewpoint reads as a visitor-shot look down at the dam and spillway rather than a staged engineering survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam wall, blue-green churning water, spillway edge, dark film gate borders, a lower metal truss structure, rock or shoreline, and purple-blue color shift.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, gate shadows, uneven exposure, and color drift that place the scene within a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into sequences about dams, water, engineering, or western U.S. landscapes.
Historical context: The footage shows public-facing dam infrastructure and moving water from a mid-century visitor perspective, without visible workers, signage, crowds, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location permissions needed for their use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Nevada dam 8mm, vintage spillway footage, home movie dam water flow, and mid-century infrastructure cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel dam or travel footage, then Nevada 1954 material, then broader 1950s water, infrastructure, and western U.S. landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Nevada 8mm frame showing a high-angle view of a concrete dam, spillway water, and dark film gate borders. — Concrete dam edge above turbulent spillway water, framed by dark 8mm borders.

High-angle 1954 Nevada home-movie frame of a dam wall, blue-green spillway water, and a small metal truss below. — Foaming water below the dam wall with a metal truss visible near the lower edge.

1954 Nevada 8mm frame with dark gate shadow, dam structure, and turbulent water flowing below the spillway. — Swirling blue-green water beneath the concrete dam, partly obscured by film-frame shadows.

High-angle 1954 Nevada home-movie frame showing dam spillway water, concrete supports, and a lower truss structure. — Rough water churns below the dam spillway, with concrete supports and a truss structure visible.

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