Washington USA-1938: Bridge Under Construction with Cranes

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Bridge Under Construction with Cranes — Clip Details

Black-and-white archival 8mm footage from 1938 showing a massive bridge under construction in Washington USA. The clip captures large steel truss supports and towering cranes against a hazy sky, with vehicles moving across the partially completed structure. The grainy, high-contrast film quality and dark frame borders indicate vintage home movie origins. The scene conveys industrial progress and engineering ambition during the late 1930s, with no visible people or specific individuals present.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121486390

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: 1938 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: Washington, 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 documentary or educational edits needing 1938 8mm footage of large-scale bridge construction in Washington, United States.
Period detail: The steel trusses, lattice towers, cranes, vehicles, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s infrastructure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a distant visitor-shot perspective, observing the bridge work from across water or open ground rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steel truss spans, tower supports, construction cranes, small vehicles, water or haze, shoreline terrain, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, high contrast, haze, and frame-edge darkness typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or industrial progress insert in a 1930s infrastructure sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents bridge construction and engineering scale without identifying a specific landmark beyond the supplied Washington metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Washington bridge construction footage, 1930s steel truss cranes, black-and-white 8mm infrastructure film, and road bridge work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 Washington footage, then related bridge, crane, road, and public works construction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a bridge span under construction with cranes, steel supports, and haze beyond. — Cranes and steel supports rise above a partially completed bridge span.

1938 Washington frame with cranes over a partially completed steel bridge and vehicles on the elevated span. — Vehicles appear on the bridge deck beneath construction cranes.

Grainy 1938 Washington 8mm view of cranes and steel supports on an unfinished bridge structure. — A soft 8mm frame shows cranes working above the bridge structure.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a wider bridge construction view with truss work, towers, vehicles, and shoreline terrain. — A wider frame shows the bridge span, truss section, and shoreline terrain.

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