Klamath California-1937: Road Signs for Bonner Grade and Cedar Creek Bridge

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationKlamath, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Road Signs for Bonner Grade and Cedar Creek Bridge — Clip Details

KLAMATH CALIFORNIA-1937: Vintage 8mm film footage captures a series of weathered road signs along a mountainous route. The clip opens with a close-up of the Cedar Creek Bridge sign, marked with California State Auto Mobile Assn. details, followed by the Bonner Grade sign. The final frames show a moving view of a winding road through rugged, tree-covered hills, filmed from a vehicle window. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1930s American road trip. Ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or vintage Americana content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124859231

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 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: Klamath, California, 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: 1930s California road-travel footage suited for documentary inserts about early motoring, regional routes, bridges, grades, or archival travel transitions.
Period detail: The Cedar Creek Bridge and Bonner Grade signs, including California State Automobile Assn. wording, support a prewar roadside navigation context.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a passenger or traveler filming quick roadside markers and the mountain road from a vehicle window.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include road signs, bridge and grade lettering, roadside posts, a curving paved road, wooded hillsides, and dark window or film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust, scratches, and monochrome-leaning grain consistent with small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, route marker, travel transition, or memory beat before or after California road-trip footage.
Historical context: The clip visually places road signage and mountain travel within a 1930s Klamath, California home-movie record without establishing a specific route history beyond the signs shown.
Research note: No people are visible, but roadside organization wording and sign markings should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and location-identification context.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s Klamath California road signs, Cedar Creek Bridge sign, Bonner Grade sign, 8mm mountain road travel, and vintage California motoring footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1937 Klamath or northern California road scenes, then broader 1930s motoring and mountain-route material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Klamath, California frame showing a weathered Cedar Creek Bridge sign with partially visible California State Automobile Assn. text. — Cedar Creek Bridge sign along a mountain road route.

1937 Klamath, California frame with a large Bonner Grade sign filmed close-up against a rugged roadside slope. — Bonner Grade sign seen in close-up.

Cropped 1937 Klamath, California view of the Bonner Grade sign, with large block lettering and small emblem visible. — Cropped view of the Bonner Grade road sign.

1937 Klamath, California road view showing a curving mountain route through tree-covered hills from a vehicle-side perspective. — Mountain road curving through wooded terrain.

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