Oroville California-1938: Railroad Bridge Spans Over Swiftly Moving Rocky River

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationOroville, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Oroville California

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Railroad Bridge Spans Over Swiftly Moving Rocky River — Clip Details

A black-and-white 8mm home movie from 1938 captures a steel truss railroad bridge spanning a swiftly moving, rocky river in Oroville, California. The bridge's sturdy concrete piers rise from the riverbed, with turbulent water flowing beneath. Lush trees and brush line the riverbanks, creating a natural backdrop. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a slightly shaky, handheld perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century infrastructure and landscape. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127263970

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 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: Oroville, California, 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 Northern California infrastructure footage for documentaries or education pieces needing a brief railroad bridge and river landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The steel truss bridge, concrete piers, black-and-white 8mm image, and rural river setting support the 1938 Oroville, California attribution in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the bridge and rushing river from a fixed or lightly handheld position rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a steel railroad truss, concrete bridge piers, rocky riverbed, fast-moving water, boulders, brush, and wooded banks.
Film character: The footage shows black-and-white 8mm grain, soft contrast, gate edges, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, infrastructure cutaway, river transition, or quiet memory beat within a California or railroad sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a railroad bridge crossing a rocky river landscape, connecting transportation infrastructure with the surrounding Oroville terrain.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property or infrastructure permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Oroville railroad bridge, black-and-white 8mm river bridge, California truss bridge home movie, and rocky river rapids footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Oroville or Butte County footage, then broader railroad bridge and river landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Oroville, California home-movie frame showing a steel railroad bridge spanning fast water and rocks below. — A steel railroad bridge crosses a rocky river channel on concrete piers.

Black-and-white 8mm view of the Oroville railroad bridge with concrete piers set in a rocky riverbed. — The bridge structure remains centered as water moves through rocks beneath it.

1938 Oroville frame with steel bridge trusses above concrete piers and rushing water in the rocky channel. — Concrete bridge piers stand in the riverbed below the steel truss span.

Black-and-white home-movie frame of the Oroville railroad bridge spanning a rocky, fast-moving river. — The final frame holds on the bridge, piers, rocks, and river current.

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