Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Bonneville Fish Ladders Sign Explaining Waterway Design

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBonneville Dam, Oregon, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Bonneville Dam Oregon

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Bonneville Fish Ladders Sign Explaining Waterway Design — Clip Details

A close-up shot of a vintage informational sign at Bonneville Dam in Oregon, dated 1938. The black and white 8mm film captures the sign's text and diagram explaining the fish ladders, with visible film grain and slight camera shake. The sign details how inclined waterways with small dams or weirs form a series of pools, each one foot higher than the last, allowing fish to migrate. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century infrastructure and environmental 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260322

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$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: Bonneville Dam, Oregon, 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 infrastructure, environmental engineering, Columbia River dam, or fish passage documentary requests needing a concise archival sign cutaway.
Period detail: The frame shows a black-and-white visitor sign labeled Bonneville Fish Ladders, with typography and diagram style consistent with the 1938 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding close on an explanatory sign rather than staging action, preserving how tourists encountered the dam site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Bonneville Fish Ladders title, a simplified ladder diagram, blocks of explanatory text, outdoor hillside texture, sign edges, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan shows soft focus, fine grain, gate edges, slight exposure variation, and handheld steadiness typical of small-gauge home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an informational insert, research cutaway, location identifier, or quiet transition within a sequence about dams and fish migration.
Historical context: The sign visually places fish passage design within public interpretation at Bonneville Dam, showing how engineering concepts were explained to visitors.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but production should still review signage text and site context for copyright or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Bonneville Dam fish ladders sign, Oregon dam visitor footage, black-and-white 8mm infrastructure film, and fish passage diagram.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Bonneville Dam views, then other 1938 Oregon dam material, then broader archival footage of fish ladders, waterways, and public works.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam visitor footage shows a sign titled Bonneville Fish Ladders with a diagram and partially readable explanatory text. — Sign explaining the Bonneville Fish Ladders, with diagram and text visible in a close handheld view.

Black-and-white 8mm frame at Bonneville Dam shows the fish ladders sign, including labeled diagram areas and descriptive text below. — Close-up of the fish ladders interpretive sign at Bonneville Dam.

The visitor sign remains in close view, showing the fish ladder diagram above paragraphs describing pools, weirs, and fish movement. — Text and diagram on the Bonneville Fish Ladders sign, filmed in a steady close-up.

Final frame holds on the Bonneville Fish Ladders sign, with explanatory text about stepped pools and the diagram still visible above. — Bonneville Fish Ladders sign text describing a stepped pool waterway design.

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