The pan begins on stepped sandstone ledges above the blue water of Lake Powell, circa 1968.
1968 · Lake Powell, Arizona, United States
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A small white speedboat turns through the inlet, drawing a curved wake on the blue water — Lake Powell, Arizona, 1968
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- Lake Powell, Arizona, United States
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Small white speedboat carving a curved wake between red sandstone points on Lake Powell, Arizona, circa 1968, in a high-angle home movie view.
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1968 · Lake Powell, Arizona, United States
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1968 · Lake Powell, Arizona, United States
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Lake Powell Arizona-1968: Slow Pan Across Blue Reservoir Inlets as a Speedboat Carves a Wake
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
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Period detail
The reservoir, which began filling in 1963, already floods the side inlets, a pale band marks the waterline, and a small open speedboat of a type common in the 1960s crosses the water.
Film character
Slightly soft small-gauge colour film with visible grain, saturated blues, warm rock tones, a gentle handheld pan and darkened corners from the projected transfer.
Historical context
The clip shows recreational boating on the reservoir within about a decade of Glen Canyon Dam beginning to store water in 1963, well before the lake first reached full pool in 1980.
Research note
No faces, signs or logos are visible and the boat is distant and unmarked; copyright in the film is a separate matter from any likeness or property questions, and the Arizona placement rests on signs elsewhere on the reel.
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