Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: A Small Stream Is Flowing Through An Artificial Channel

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

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A Small Stream Is Flowing Through An Artificial Channel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage footage captures a small stream flowing through an artificial concrete channel at Bonneville Dam in Oregon. The black-and-white home movie shows water cascading over stepped concrete weirs, with metal railings lining the structure. The grainy, high-contrast image and dark vignette frame are characteristic of early 20th-century amateur film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century infrastructure and engineering, ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or educational content about American dams.

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: 127260354

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 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: 1930s Oregon dam infrastructure footage suited for documentary inserts about public works, water control, engineering sites, or historic travel views.
Period detail: The stepped concrete channel, metal railings, and black-and-white 8mm look support the supplied 1938 Bonneville Dam context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing the dam channel from a fixed distance rather than presenting a staged industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stepped concrete weirs, flowing water, railings, a retaining wall, stonework, shadows, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows grain, high contrast, slight softness, and heavy vignette edges consistent with amateur 8mm photography of the period.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, transition, or brief establishing detail for water management, dam construction, or Depression-era infrastructure stories.
Historical context: The view documents a managed water channel at Bonneville Dam without showing workers, visitors, signage, or machinery in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam water channel, Oregon dam home movie, and vintage concrete spillway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel dam views, then other Bonneville Dam Oregon 1938 clips, then broader historic waterworks and public infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam view of water passing through stepped concrete weirs, framed by railings and heavy 8mm vignette. — Water moves across stepped concrete weirs at Bonneville Dam.

Bonneville Dam concrete water channel in 1938, showing shallow flow over stepped weirs beside railings and a retaining wall. — A visitor-shot view looks across the dam's stepped concrete water channel.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of Bonneville Dam water cascading over stepped concrete sections beneath a railing. — Water cascades through a structured concrete channel at the dam.

1938 Oregon dam footage showing water flowing through a stepped concrete channel with railings and strong film-edge vignetting. — The channel remains in view as water moves over the concrete steps.

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