Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: View Of Large Doors Inner Workings 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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View Of Large Doors Inner Workings Of A Dam With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures a close-up view of the massive concrete intake gates at Bonneville Dam in Oregon. The black-and-white clip reveals the industrial scale of the dam's inner workings, with large gridded doors set into the concrete walls. Sunlight casts sharp shadows across the structure, emphasizing its monumental engineering. The perspective suggests a viewer looking through a narrow opening, possibly from a boat or observation point, offering a rare glimpse into the dam's operational core during the early 20th century.

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: 127260488

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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: Supports archival requests for 1930s public works, dam engineering, and Oregon infrastructure as a brief documentary insert or industrial-history cutaway.
Period detail: The concrete intake structure, gridded gates, railings, and black-and-white 8mm texture fit the supplied 1938 Bonneville Dam home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The framing suggests a visitor filming through a narrow opening toward the dam works, valuing scale and access more than formal composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete walls, large gridded intake doors, railings, dark water below, sharp shadows, and narrow dark borders from the camera view.
Film character: The footage has a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, strong contrast, slight jitter, and edge vignetting from the original film path.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, industrial detail insert, or transition beat within sequences about New Deal-era infrastructure or hydroelectric power.
Historical context: The view places monumental concrete engineering in a visitor-shot home-movie frame, showing public infrastructure as both working system and tourist spectacle.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, site permissions, and any property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam footage, Oregon dam intake gates, black-and-white hydroelectric infrastructure, and home movie public works.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Bonneville Dam or Oregon 1938 material, then broader dam, hydroelectric, concrete, and public-works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bonneville Dam view showing concrete walls, large gridded intake gates, railings, and heavy shadows over water. — Concrete intake gates and railings at Bonneville Dam, seen from a narrow vantage point.

Bonneville Dam intake area in 1938, with gridded doors, concrete side walls, upper railings, and shadowed water below. — Large gridded intake doors between concrete walls at Bonneville Dam.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of Bonneville Dam's concrete intake gates, with railings above and dark water at the base. — Visitor-shot view into the dam works, centered on concrete gates and water below.

1938 Bonneville Dam intake structure with gridded gates, high concrete walls, railings, and deep shadow across the water. — Gridded dam doors and concrete walls framed by dark edges of the filming position.

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