Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Two Fishes Swimming Along Current To Travel

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBonneville Dam, Oregon, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Bonneville Dam Oregon

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Two Fishes Swimming Along Current To Travel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938 at Bonneville Dam, Oregon, this grainy black-and-white footage captures two fish swimming downstream through a current. The image shows a dark, textured water surface with bright light reflections and scattered bubbles, viewed through a vintage lens with natural film grain and edge distortion. The fish move slowly across the frame, their silhouettes visible against the rippling water, creating a rare glimpse of aquatic wildlife from a classic home movie. This archival clip offers authentic historical footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260377

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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing archival 8mm views of fish moving through water at Bonneville Dam in Oregon.
Period detail: The period is supported by the 1938 8mm metadata, while the frames themselves mainly show grainy black-and-white water, reflections, and fish silhouettes.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an observational home-movie perspective, with the camera lingering on aquatic movement rather than staging a formal wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark rippling water, bright surface reflections, bubbles or foam flecks, faint fish silhouettes, frame-edge shadowing, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The footage has a high-grain black-and-white 8mm look, soft focus, uneven exposure, and edge distortion that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, watery transition, or contextual cutaway within a Bonneville Dam, river, or 1930s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a short view of fish in moving water, offering visual context for river wildlife seen through a visitor or amateur camera.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any site-specific use requirements should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Bonneville Dam 8mm fish footage, Oregon river wildlife, vintage black-and-white water current, and home-movie aquatic scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1938 Bonneville Dam or Oregon footage, and then with river, dam, fish, or wildlife archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam 8mm frame showing rippling water, scattered highlights, and faint fish silhouettes beneath the surface. — Faint fish shapes move through reflective water in the opening frame.

Bonneville Dam 1938 home-movie frame with a fish-like shape under dark rippling water and scattered white reflections. — A fish-like silhouette appears under the current amid bright surface flecks.

Grainy 1938 Oregon frame showing reflective current, small bubbles, and indistinct fish forms beneath the water surface. — Bright reflections and bubbles cross the water as fish forms remain partly obscured.

Final 1938 Bonneville Dam frame with rippling current, bright specks, and a subdued fish silhouette near the lower waterline. — The final frame holds on rippling water with scattered light and a faint fish shape.

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