Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Water Draining From Power Plant Dam

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

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Water Draining From Power Plant Dam — Clip Details

BONNEVILLE DAM OREGON-1938: This 8mm home movie footage captures a historic view of the Bonneville Dam during its early operational years. The black-and-white film shows the massive concrete structure and power plant complex beside a river, with water visibly draining through the dam's gates. The scene is framed by a mountainous backdrop, showcasing the industrial scale of the hydroelectric project. The footage exhibits classic 1930s film grain, scratches, and a soft focus, characteristic of vintage home movie recordings. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century American infrastructure and energy development.

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: 127260394

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 visitor-shot footage of New Deal-era hydroelectric infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view shows concrete dam works, a steel power-plant framework, river water, and steep terrain consistent with the supplied 1938 Bonneville Dam metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's steady home-movie viewpoint, observing the dam complex from across the water rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include river surface, concrete spillway or powerhouse walls, steel electrical structures, dam gates, rocky shoreline, and forested mountain slopes.
Film character: Soft focus, high contrast, gate-edge shadows, visible grain, and slight exposure variation give the scan a clear 1930s 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an infrastructure cutaway, regional transition, or brief establishing insert for hydroelectric power and dam construction history.
Historical context: The footage visually places large-scale power generation architecture within a river gorge landscape, without showing workers, visitors, signage, or interior operations.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or agency property considerations separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam footage, Oregon hydroelectric dam home movies, Columbia River power plant views, and vintage dam infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Bonneville Dam or Oregon river views, then with broader hydroelectric infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam footage showing a soft, partial close view of water and structural surfaces framed by dark 8mm gate edges. — Partial close view of water and dam structure, with heavy film-frame shadowing.

1938 Bonneville Dam home-movie frame with a partial close view of reflective water or dam surface and dark gate-edge shadow. — Reflective close view near the dam, partly obscured by the film-frame edge.

1938 Bonneville Dam, Oregon view across the river toward concrete dam works, steel power structures, and a forested mountain backdrop. — Wide visitor-shot view of the dam complex and power structures across the water.

1938 Bonneville Dam footage showing concrete riverfront structures, steel electrical framework, and mountain terrain in Oregon. — Concrete dam and power plant structures seen from across the river.

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