Washington USA-1939: Massive Concrete Dam with Spillway Gates

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Massive Concrete Dam with Spillway Gates — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Washington USA, showing a massive concrete dam with industrial structures and power lines. The camera moves past the dam's spillway and intake gates, capturing water flowing beneath a long bridge. The grainy, slightly shaky footage features classic 1930s film characteristics with visible edge damage and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century infrastructure and engineering.

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: 121489134

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington 8mm infrastructure footage suited to documentary inserts about dams, public works, road travel, or regional engineering landscapes.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s dam architecture, power-line structures, railings, and a roadway or bridge beside the water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot or drive-by perspective, with the dam glimpsed through brief handheld framing rather than staged industrial coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete dam wall, spillway water, bridge or road railing, power-line framework, intake-like openings, hills, and river surface.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and slight shake give the short scan a recognizable physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat linking road movement with Depression-era infrastructure views.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a large water-control structure within a rural Washington landscape without confirming the specific dam or construction history.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed even if faces are not clear here; copyright, property, and location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Washington dam home movie, vintage 8mm concrete dam, black-and-white spillway footage, and drive-by public works view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Washington footage, then related dam, bridge, river, and public-works infrastructure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing a drive-by view of a dam approach with railing, industrial framework, water, and a hillside. — A moving view passes railings and industrial structures near the dam and water.

1939 Washington 8mm frame with the dam wall seen close at right, water below, and a hillside across the reservoir or river. — The camera passes close to the dam wall with water and hills visible beyond.

1939 Washington 8mm frame looking along a large concrete dam wall toward gate structures, flowing water, and hills. — A longer view follows the dam face and spillway area across the water.

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing the dam wall at right, spillway structures, water below, and hazy hills in the background. — The final view frames the dam structure, spillway water, and surrounding hills.

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