Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: View Of American Flag Flying On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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View Of American Flag Flying On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a view of the American flag flying atop a pole against a bright, overcast sky. The footage, likely from Bonneville Dam, Oregon, shows the flag rippling in the wind with a portion of a building roof visible below. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by a dark vignette, evokes a sense of mid-20th century Americana and patriotic nostalgia. The camera remains steady, focusing on the flag as a symbol of national pride during a sunny day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260590

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s U.S. documentary edits needing a brief patriotic exterior cutaway from home-movie footage at or near Bonneville Dam, Oregon.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show a 1938 visitor perspective, with an American flag, rooflines, and a small cupola as visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler pausing to record a symbolic exterior detail rather than a staged ceremony or public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an American flag on a pole, bright sky, dark rooflines, a small cupola, a chimney-like vertical edge, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, high-contrast monochrome exposure, slight framing drift, and dark edge vignetting that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short patriotic insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition beat, or visual pause within a 1930s public-works travel sequence.
Historical context: The flag and roofline suggest civic or institutional surroundings, but the frames do not by themselves confirm a ceremony, crowd, or specific dam structure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm American flag footage, Bonneville Dam Oregon home movie, 1930s patriotic cutaway, and black-and-white flag on pole.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Bonneville Dam or Oregon exteriors, and then with broader U.S. flag or civic travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm frame from Bonneville Dam, Oregon, showing a cupola roof at left and the flag scene partly entering at right. — A roof cupola and edge of the flag view appear beneath a bright sky.

American flag flying from a tall pole above rooflines in the 1938 Bonneville Dam, Oregon home-movie footage. — The American flag ripples above low rooflines in the steady exterior view.

Bonneville Dam, Oregon home-movie frame showing the American flag on a pole, roofline below, and dark edge vignette at side. — The flag remains centered against the sky with the roofline below.

Late frame of the 1938 8mm Bonneville Dam view, with the American flag waving above a roof and dark frame borders visible. — The flag waves beside a dark roof edge as the shot ends.

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