Washington-1938: Cranes Lowering Components Onto Bridge During Construction

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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Cranes Lowering Components Onto Bridge During Construction — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures a massive bridge construction project in Washington. Large gantry cranes move along the steel framework, lowering heavy components into place. The industrial scene unfolds against a backdrop of hills and a body of water, with the bridge's intricate truss design and support towers clearly visible. The grainy, monochrome image and film edge borders evoke a strong sense of mid-20th century engineering and historical documentation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414209

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: Washington, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Washington infrastructure, bridge construction, and industrial engineering sequences needing authentic home-movie-era footage.
Period detail: The steel framework, gantry cranes, monochrome 8mm texture, and waterfront hills support a late-1930s construction setting in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance like a visitor or local witness recording the scale and movement of a public works project.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall gantry cranes, steel bridge spans, support towers, suspended loads, water, hills, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft monochrome exposure, visible grain, scratches, slight blur, and contact-print framing typical of scanned 8mm source material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an industrial cutaway, construction insert, period transition, or visual bridge between engineering and regional history scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows large-scale bridge assembly and waterfront industrial work without identifying workers, companies, or a specific landmark beyond the supplied Washington location.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are flagged, but copyright status and any property or landmark restrictions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1938 Washington bridge construction, 8mm crane footage, vintage infrastructure work, and 1930s waterfront engineering scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel construction shots, then Washington 1938 material, then broader bridge, crane, and public works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington bridge construction view with a gantry crane above steel supports and distant hills beyond the work site. — A gantry crane stands over the bridge framework during construction near a hilly waterfront.

Cranes work along a steel bridge span in Washington, with suspended material, water, and hills visible behind them. — Multiple cranes operate on the elevated bridge span with the shoreline and hills behind.

A 1938 Washington construction view shows crane machinery on the bridge span and a hanging load above waterfront supports. — Crane machinery and a suspended load appear along the bridge structure over the water.

Two large gantry cranes stand on a Washington bridge construction span, framed by pale sky, hills, and 8mm film edges. — Two cranes dominate the bridge construction view, silhouetted against the pale background.

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