Arizona-1962: Panorama Of A Dam Construction Project In A Mountainous Area

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Arizona

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Panorama Of A Dam Construction Project In A Mountainous Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of a massive dam construction project in a rugged mountainous region of Arizona. The footage shows concrete intake towers rising from the reservoir, with steep rocky cliffs and power transmission lines visible in the background. The warm, faded color palette and film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality, documenting mid-century infrastructure development in the American Southwest.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127740869

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: Supports 1960s documentary or educational requests for Arizona infrastructure, dam construction, and mid-century American Southwest landscape footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, concrete intake towers, transmission lines, and road cuts may show a 1962 visitor view of a large dam project in Arizona.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler pausing to pan across an impressive public works site from a scenic overlook or roadside viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete dam towers, a reservoir edge, rocky desert mountains, winding roads, power pylons, transmission lines, and sunlit cliffs.
Film character: Faded color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight handheld instability give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into Southwest water and power themes.
Historical context: The footage visually places large-scale engineering within a rugged mountain landscape without confirming the specific dam or project name from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Arizona dam construction 8mm, Southwest infrastructure home movie, reservoir intake towers, and mountain power lines.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Arizona 1962 footage, then broader dam, reservoir, road, and power-line construction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Arizona 8mm frame showing concrete dam intake towers with rocky slopes and a reservoir area behind them. — Concrete towers and rugged hills at a dam construction area.

A home-movie view of dam intake towers against steep Arizona rock formations and distant construction terrain. — Dam towers framed against desert mountain terrain.

1962 Arizona footage showing a winding road through rocky terrain with power towers above the dam area. — Road cuts and power structures cross the rugged hillside.

A faded 8mm view of an Arizona dam landscape, with transmission towers on a rocky ridge and concrete structures below. — Transmission towers rise over the rocky dam landscape.

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