Bonneville Dam Oregon-1938: Bonneville Dam Sign and Motorboat on Water

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

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Bonneville Dam Sign and Motorboat on Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sign reading 'Entrance Bonneville Dam' with an arrow pointing right, set against a wooded backdrop. The scene transitions to a view of a small motorboat floating on calm water, its cabin and deck visible through the grainy, monochrome lens. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural grain, and a nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic slice of mid-20th century Americana offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century travel and recreation, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127263337

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Bonneville Dam, Oregon, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests needing a Bonneville Dam entrance sign and brief travel-recreation boat view.
Period detail: The road sign, monochrome 8mm texture, and small cabin motorboat may show late-1930s tourist travel and roadside wayfinding.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on the dam entrance sign before cutting to a casual boat view from nearby water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Bonneville Dam entrance sign, right-pointing arrow, wooded roadside, snow or light ground cover, calm water, and a small cabin motorboat.
Film character: The footage shows soft monochrome contrast, visible grain, rounded frame edges, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, location-establishing cutaway, route transition, or brief memory beat around dam visitation and boating.
Historical context: The sign and boat view place the clip in a leisure-travel context without proving a specific trip purpose beyond the supported 1938 home-movie metadata.
Research note: People are flagged as visible, so likeness review may be needed; the sign text is visible, while copyright, access, and property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm Bonneville Dam entrance sign, vintage dam travel footage, home movie boat on water, and Pacific Northwest roadside sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then with 1938 Bonneville Dam or Columbia River-area material, then with broader 1930s dam, road trip, and boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm home-movie frame showing a small cabin motorboat floating on calm water with soft monochrome grain. — Small motorboat on calm water, filmed through a rounded 8mm frame.

1938 home-movie frame of a roadside Entrance Bonneville Dam sign with a right-pointing arrow near trees. — Entrance Bonneville Dam sign beside a wooded roadside.

Close 1938 8mm frame of the Entrance Bonneville Dam sign, right arrow, roadside, and wooded backdrop. — Close view of the Bonneville Dam entrance sign and right arrow.

1938 8mm home-movie frame centering the Bonneville Dam entrance sign along a wooded roadside. — Bonneville Dam entrance sign centered in the roadside frame.

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