Oroville California-1938: Bridges Of Feather River Canyon On A Cloudy Day

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

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Bridges Of Feather River Canyon On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Oroville, California, in 1938, showcasing a dramatic view of the Feather River Canyon. The footage captures two prominent bridges—a modern steel truss bridge and an older, arched structure—spanning the rugged canyon. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits a distinct purple color cast, likely from aging or film processing, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The scene unfolds on a cloudy day, with dense trees and rocky terrain surrounding the infrastructure, offering a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century engineering and transportation in Northern California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127264116

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: Supports 1930s documentary or educational requests for Northern California canyon infrastructure, railroad or road-bridge cutaways, and vintage home-movie travel views.
Period detail: The visible steel truss bridge, older arched span, rugged canyon slopes, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show late-1930s transportation scenery near Oroville.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot overlook perspective, holding on the bridges and canyon rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bridge spans, rocky canyon walls, dense trees, a winding route or riverbed below, cloudy light, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries strong purple color shift, soft focus, grain, mild blur, and contact-frame edges that read as aged 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing cutaway, travel transition, infrastructure insert, or memory beat for Northern California canyon routes.
Historical context: The view places engineered bridge spans within steep natural terrain, giving visual context for early twentieth-century travel corridors without identifying a specific bridge name.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, location identification, and any property or infrastructure use should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 8mm Oroville bridge footage, Feather River Canyon home movie, California canyon bridges, and vintage truss bridge cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Oroville or Feather River Canyon views, then broader vintage California bridge and canyon footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Oroville-area 8mm frame showing steel and arched bridges across Feather River Canyon terrain under cloudy light. — A high vantage point looks toward bridge spans set among trees and rocky canyon walls.

1938 Oroville-area home-movie frame of bridges crossing Feather River Canyon, tinted purple by aged 8mm film. — The upper steel bridge and lower arched span sit within a steep, wooded canyon.

Oroville, California 1938 frame showing the Feather River Canyon bridge view from a distant overlook. — The canyon overlook frames two bridge structures with wooded slopes and a route below.

Late-1930s 8mm home-movie view of bridge infrastructure in the Oroville Feather River Canyon landscape. — A steady distant shot shows bridge structures layered across the rugged canyon setting.

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