Washington USA-1938: Building Of The Grand Coulee Dam In Washington (Between

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

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Building Of The Grand Coulee Dam In Washington (Between — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from 1938 captures the monumental construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. The grainy black-and-white imagery shows massive steel scaffolding, concrete forms, and the dam's immense spillway structure against a backdrop of rugged hills. The camera pans across the engineering marvel, highlighting the scale of the hydroelectric project during its peak construction years. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century American infrastructure development.

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: 121486519

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s U.S. infrastructure stories needing brief archival cutaways of Grand Coulee Dam construction or large New Deal-era engineering works.
Period detail: The frames show black-and-white 8mm views of a massive dam structure with scaffolding, concrete forms, elevated work platforms, and rugged hills, consistent with the 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a visitor-shot observation from a fixed overlook or nearby structure, emphasizing scale rather than staged activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dam spillway sections, steel scaffolding, lattice supports, concrete surfaces, rail-like work platforms, water or river areas, and distant hills.
Film character: The clip has coarse 8mm grain, soft contrast, vertical film wear, slight blur, and handheld framing that give it strong physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, infrastructure cutaway, transition into hydroelectric history, or visual memory beat about public works construction.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a major hydroelectric construction site within a rugged Washington landscape without showing workers, ceremonies, or identifiable operations.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1938 8mm Grand Coulee Dam construction, Washington hydroelectric dam footage, and Columbia River public works home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Washington Grand Coulee material, then broader dam, hydroelectric, and public works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington footage appears to show Grand Coulee Dam construction through dark foreground framing, with scaffolding, concrete forms, and hills. — Dam construction structures and scaffolding seen from a partially obstructed vantage point.

Grand Coulee Dam construction in Washington, with broad concrete sections, scaffolding, and rugged hills visible in black-and-white 8mm footage. — Wide construction view with dam forms, lattice scaffolding, and hills behind the site.

Black-and-white 8mm view of Grand Coulee Dam construction showing lattice supports, concrete surfaces, and a partially obstructed foreground. — Lower portion of the construction site with scaffold towers and concrete dam surfaces.

Grand Coulee Dam construction appears in a soft 1938 8mm frame, with scaffold towers, concrete forms, water, and distant hills. — Scaffolded dam section with concrete forms and the surrounding river landscape visible.

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