Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Fish Swimming Through Water In Black And White 8mm Footage

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

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Fish Swimming Through Water In Black And White 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from 1938 at Bonneville Dam, Oregon, showing a fish swimming through the water. The grainy, high-contrast image captures the fish's movement against the dam's structure, with visible film scratches and light leaks. The scene is shot from a low angle, emphasizing the water's surface and the fish's reflection. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of early 20th-century dam operations and aquatic life, with a nostalgic, historic feel.

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: 127260385

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 black-and-white 8mm footage for documentary requests needing Bonneville Dam-era aquatic life, water infrastructure, or abstract fish-passage cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm black-and-white image and metadata-supported 1938 Bonneville Dam setting place the footage in a late-1930s visitor or home-movie record.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has a visitor-shot observational quality, holding on fish movement through a window or water channel rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fish form, striped or ribbed background structure, reflective water, bright glare spots, dark frame edges, and soft film grain.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, high contrast, flickering exposure, soft focus, and edge shadows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, cutaway, or memory beat for dam operations, fish passage, water systems, or archival texture.
Historical context: The frames visually connect engineered water infrastructure with aquatic movement, while the exact mechanism or viewpoint should be verified against reel context.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or institutional permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Bonneville Dam 8mm fish footage, black-and-white dam water cutaway, and vintage home movie aquatic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Bonneville Dam Oregon 1938 material, then broader 1930s water infrastructure or fish-passage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam home-movie frame showing a fish-like form near ribbed structure and reflective water in black-and-white 8mm. — A fish form passes near a striped structure with bright water reflections.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Bonneville Dam showing a fish silhouette against a ribbed water-channel background. — The fish silhouette appears against a ribbed channel with scattered highlights.

Bonneville Dam 1938 black-and-white frame with faint fish movement, striped structure, glare, and visible 8mm grain. — A faint fish shape moves through a reflective, high-contrast water view.

Black-and-white 8mm Bonneville Dam frame showing a fish-like form near ribbed structure, with heavy glare and dark film edges. — The fish form remains visible near the ribbed structure as glare crosses the frame.

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