Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Fishes Swimming Along The Current Of Natural Cascade

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

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Fishes Swimming Along The Current Of Natural Cascade — Clip Details

BONNEVILLE DAM OREGON-1938: This grainy 8mm home movie footage captures fish swimming along the current of a natural cascade. The black-and-white film shows a close-up view of water flow with visible ripples and light reflections on the surface. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including noticeable grain, occasional dust spots, and a soft focus typical of vintage home movies. The scene is a rare archival glimpse of aquatic life at the dam, offering a nostalgic and authentic look at 1930s natural history documentation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260375

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: Supports requests for 1930s Oregon 8mm nature or dam-area footage as a brief documentary insert of fish moving through fast water.
Period detail: The frames offer few era-specific clues beyond black-and-white 8mm texture, with the 1938 Bonneville Dam, Oregon setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close to the water surface like a visitor or amateur naturalist recording fish activity without staging or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, bright surface reflections, dark current bands, submerged fish shapes, soft focus, film grain, and frame-edge shadowing.
Film character: The footage has dense monochrome grain, soft focus, high-contrast glints, slight exposure fluctuation, and a handheld 8mm feel that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, ecological insert, water-transition beat, or visual bridge within a Bonneville Dam or Pacific Northwest sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents aquatic movement near a dam-area setting, but the frames themselves do not identify structures, species, or specific engineering features.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or species identification should still be confirmed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam fish footage, Oregon home movie water current, vintage fish swimming cascade, and black-and-white aquatic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Bonneville Dam or Oregon footage, and finally with vintage fish, river, dam, or water-current material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam-area 8mm frame showing rippling water, surface glare, and indistinct fish shapes moving beneath the current. — Rippling water and bright surface reflections obscure faint fish forms beneath the current.

Bonneville Dam-area 8mm footage frame with shimmering water, a pale fish-like form, and dark bands of current across the scene. — A pale fish-like shape appears amid shimmering water and dark current lines.

1938 Oregon dam-area home-movie frame showing textured water, bright reflected highlights, and faint fish forms under the surface. — Textured water and clustered highlights make the submerged fish shapes difficult to distinguish.

Bonneville Dam-area 8mm frame with rippling current, bright reflected water, and indistinct fish movement in soft black-and-white footage. — Bright glare and moving water partially hide fish activity beneath the surface.

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