Washington USA-1940: Irrigation District Sign with Land Map and Lind Washington Marker

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Washington

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Irrigation District Sign with Land Map and Lind... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, showing a large outdoor sign for the Irrigation District with a detailed land map. The black-and-white film captures classic mid-century Americana, featuring a flatbed truck carrying the sign, period automobiles, and a close-up of a 'LIND WASHINGTON' street marker. The grainy, slightly distorted visuals with film scratches and vignette borders evoke authentic archival footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural infrastructure and community signage of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491602

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1940 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: 1940s Washington 8mm footage suited to requests for rural infrastructure, irrigation signage, road travel inserts, or community-place establishing details.
Period detail: The flatbed truck, rounded automobiles, hand-painted district map sign, and Lind Washington marker support a mid-20th-century rural Washington setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a traveler-observer feel, lingering on public signs and roadside details rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an Irrigation District map sign, a flatbed truck, period cars, a building wall, a street marker, sky, and a closer ground-level view.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, gate edges, light scratches, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, location insert, infrastructure reference, or transition into a rural Washington or water-management sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually connects public irrigation mapping, town identification, and road-era vehicles without documenting a specific policy event.
Research note: People and identifiable signage may require review for likeness, trademark, and property context; copyright clearance is separate and should be verified.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Washington irrigation district sign, Lind Washington marker, rural road home movie, and 8mm public works signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1940 Washington or Lind material, then broader rural infrastructure, water district, and roadside sign footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington roadside view of an Irrigation District map sign on a flatbed truck, with period cars and a plain building wall nearby. — Irrigation District sign displayed on a flatbed truck beside period automobiles.

The Irrigation District map sign remains centered on the truck bed, with cars, a building facade, and dark 8mm frame edges visible. — Map sign and vehicles seen through a narrow, vignetted home-movie frame.

A close, soft-focus black-and-white view shows a textured surface with irregular lines, likely a closer look at a map or ground detail from the same scene. — Soft close-up of textured lines and grainy 8mm surface detail.

A partial Lind Washington marker is visible near the bottom edge while a dark foreground shape covers much of the grainy 8mm frame. — Obscured frame with the Lind Washington marker partly visible at the lower edge.

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