Oroville California-1938: The Bridge Sits Over The Tall Waterfall As The Water Crashes Below

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

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The Bridge Sits Over The Tall Waterfall As The Water... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic view of a steel truss bridge spanning a rugged canyon in Oroville, California. The footage, tinted with a deep purple hue typical of aged film, shows the bridge from an elevated angle, with a cascading waterfall visible below. The scene is framed by rocky terrain and dense foliage, conveying a sense of remote natural beauty. The grainy texture and color shift suggest a classic Super 8 home movie, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 127264133

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 California home-movie footage for documentary or museum projects needing a brief scenic bridge, canyon, and waterfall cutaway.
Period detail: The steel truss bridge, elevated roadside viewpoint, and 8mm home-movie format support a late-1930s travel or sightseeing context in Oroville, California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reads as a visitor-shot scenic stop, with the camera lingering on the bridge and water below rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a steel truss bridge, rocky canyon walls, a winding road or path, dense foliage, whitewater, rocks, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, soft focus, purple color shift, flicker, and contact-sheet frame borders that preserve its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic insert, travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, or memory beat within a California or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The view places a built bridge within rugged canyon terrain, suggesting period recreational or travel interest in dramatic California landscapes.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related uses should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1938 8mm Oroville bridge footage, California canyon waterfall home movie, or vintage steel truss bridge scenic shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Oroville or California travel footage, then broader bridge, canyon, and waterfall material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Oroville, California home-movie frame showing a steel truss bridge above a rugged canyon and tree-covered slope. — Elevated view of a steel bridge crossing a canyon with rocks and foliage below.

1938 Oroville, California frame with a steel bridge crossing above a canyon, seen through purple-tinted 8mm film. — Bridge and canyon landscape viewed from above in a tinted 8mm home-movie frame.

Purple-shifted 1938 Oroville home-movie frame showing the steel bridge, canyon vegetation, and road or path below. — The bridge remains centered above canyon vegetation and rocky terrain.

1938 Oroville, California home-movie frame looking down at whitewater flowing through rocks in a rugged canyon. — Whitewater and rocks fill the lower canyon view near the bridge location.

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