Grand Coulee Washington-1979: Electricity Generation Sign at Dam

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Coulee, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Electricity Generation Sign at Dam — Clip Details

BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA-1979: A vintage 8mm film clip shows a large outdoor sign at Grand Coulee Dam displaying the up-to-the-minute wholesale value of electricity generated that year. The sign also notes the total wholesale value from 1941 through 1978 is $1,122,850,386. The footage captures the changing digital numbers above the sign, with warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain characteristic of 1970s home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of industrial history and economic achievement in the Pacific Northwest.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123108477

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 1792 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-09,1
Reel-level year note: 1979
Reel-level location note: canada
Date: 1979 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: Grand Coulee, 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: 1970s 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for public infrastructure, hydroelectric power displays, and economic value signage in a visitor setting.
Period detail: The changing-number display, block lettering, and 1978 cumulative figure support a late-1970s public information sign, though the visible text identifies Grand Coulee Dam rather than British Columbia.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the sign long enough to record the changing figures and the large total displayed below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dot-matrix number display, printed Grand Coulee Dam electricity text, a large dollar total, sign housing, vertical supports, dark background areas, and warm film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, industrial-history insert, or transition beat for hydroelectric power, public works, energy economics, or 1970s travel footage.
Historical context: The sign presents electricity generation in monetary terms, giving visual context for how a major dam visitor display framed public works output and value.
Research note: No people, faces, or logos are visible, but the displayed location text and any property or site permissions should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm hydroelectric dam sign, Grand Coulee electricity value display, visitor center power generation sign, and public works energy footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Grand Coulee or 1979 dam footage if available, then broader hydroelectric, infrastructure, signage, and energy-economy clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970s 8mm frame of a Grand Coulee Dam electricity value sign with changing digits above and a printed total from 1941 through 1978. — Grand Coulee Dam sign displays the cumulative wholesale value of electricity generated through 1978.

Visitor-shot 8mm view of a Grand Coulee Dam sign reporting wholesale electricity value and a cumulative total of $1,122,850,386. — Changing digits appear above the printed wholesale electricity value panel.

8mm frame showing the Grand Coulee Dam electricity display from a slightly lower crop, with the dot display and large printed total visible. — The camera holds on the dam display as the upper figures continue to change.

Final 1970s 8mm frame of the Grand Coulee Dam electricity value sign, showing the printed total and dim changing-number display. — The clip ends on the public display of wholesale electricity value generated at Grand Coulee Dam.

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