Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Water Spills From The Floodgates Of A Dam With

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

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Water Spills From The Floodgates Of A Dam With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures water spilling powerfully from the floodgates of Bonneville Dam in Oregon. The black-and-white image shows turbulent whitewater rushing through the dam's spillways, with a forested mountain range in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of vintage home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century infrastructure and industrial engineering.

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: 127260452

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$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

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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 infrastructure footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a brief Bonneville Dam spillway view.
Period detail: The concrete dam, forested slopes, monochrome 8mm image, and 1938 metadata support a late-1930s public works and hydroelectric setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reads as visitor-shot landmark footage, holding on the force of water spilling through the gates rather than staging people or activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete spillway bays, rushing whitewater, a broad river surface, dark mountain slopes, tree line, grey sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, flicker, and slight exposure variation that preserve the physical home-movie texture of the original film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, infrastructure insert, transition, or period establishing beat for hydroelectric power and water control stories.
Historical context: The view places large-scale dam engineering within a mountainous Pacific Northwest landscape, with the water release dominating the composition.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam footage, Oregon dam spillway home movie, 1930s hydroelectric infrastructure, and floodgate whitewater archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Oregon travel footage, then other 1938 Bonneville Dam views, then broader 1930s dam, river, hydroelectric, and public works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bonneville Dam in Oregon, seen in 1938 8mm footage, with water spilling through concrete floodgates below a wooded mountain backdrop. — Water pours from multiple dam spillway bays beneath a mountain ridge.

A 1938 view of Bonneville Dam shows several floodgate openings releasing churning water against forested slopes and a pale sky. — Floodgates release a band of whitewater across the dam face.

The frame holds on Bonneville Dam spillways, with whitewater spreading below the concrete structure and dark hills rising behind it. — Churning water spreads below the dam's spillway openings.

Bonneville Dam appears in a wide 1938 home-movie frame as water rushes from the spillway bays below a wooded mountain landscape. — A wide view shows the dam's spillway bays and the foaming water below.

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