Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Black And White Footage Of Bonneville Dam

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

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Black And White Footage Of Bonneville Dam — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm film footage from 1938 captures the Bonneville Dam in Oregon, showcasing its massive concrete powerhouse and intricate electrical transmission towers against a backdrop of steep, forested mountains. The dam's spillway gates are visible along the riverfront, with a crane indicating ongoing construction or maintenance. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip displays characteristic grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century infrastructure development. This archival home movie provides authentic historical context for documentaries, editorial content, and 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260405

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 1930s documentary or editorial requests for New Deal-era hydroelectric infrastructure, Pacific Northwest river engineering, or archival dam construction context.
Period detail: The concrete powerhouse, spillway gates, lattice transmission structures, and black-and-white 8mm look fit the documented 1938 Bonneville Dam setting.
Home-movie behavior: The view has a visitor-shot feel, observing the dam from across the water rather than presenting a staged industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the river, concrete dam face, spillway openings, powerhouse structures, transmission towers, a crane, forested slopes, and rocky shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing give the short shot a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise cutaway, establishing insert, infrastructure transition, or visual memory beat for river power and public works stories.
Historical context: The clip visually situates large-scale hydroelectric works within a steep Columbia River Gorge landscape, without showing workers or public ceremonies.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or reported, but users should still review copyright status and any site or property-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Bonneville Dam 8mm footage, Oregon hydroelectric dam, Columbia River dam, and 1930s public works infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Bonneville Dam or Oregon 1938 material, then broader dam, river, power plant, or public works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm view of Bonneville Dam in Oregon, showing the concrete dam, river, crane, electrical towers, and steep wooded slope. — Bonneville Dam seen across the river with powerhouse structures, spillway openings, and transmission towers.

Bonneville Dam, Oregon, in black-and-white 8mm, with riverfront concrete works, lattice transmission towers, and wooded gorge slopes. — A steady view of the dam complex, river, and electrical transmission framework in the Columbia River Gorge setting.

Archival 1938 view of Bonneville Dam with visible spillway gates, a crane, transmission framework, water, and steep Oregon hillside. — The dam face and electrical works fill the frame, with a crane and wooded mountains visible behind.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of Bonneville Dam in Oregon, showing the river, concrete spillway, transmission towers, and gorge landscape. — Bonneville Dam appears from a distance across the water, framed by transmission structures and the surrounding gorge.

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