Washington-1938: Steel Truss Bridge with Large Metal Arches

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

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Steel Truss Bridge with Large Metal Arches — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures a steel truss bridge with two large, distinctive metal arches rising above the roadway. Vehicles travel across the bridge under a hazy, overcast sky, with a distant hillside visible in the background. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by film borders, shows signs of age with scratches and dust, evoking a sense of industrial history and mid-20th century Americana. The static camera angle emphasizes the bridge's structural design and the era's transportation infrastructure.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414218

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 Pacific Northwest infrastructure, transportation, and industrial cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or commercial archive edits.
Period detail: The steel bridge structure, open trusswork, small vehicles, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s transportation setting in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The static roadside or shoreline view has the observational feel of a traveler filming a notable bridge rather than a staged industrial record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include twin steel lift or arch-like bridge sections, roadway traffic, lattice supports, water or haze below, distant hillside, overcast sky, and film borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm contrast, visible grain, gate framing, dust, scratches, and slight exposure haze that give it clear physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief infrastructure insert, geographic transition, industrial cutaway, or memory beat for early automobile travel.
Historical context: The scene visually situates road traffic within large-scale steel bridge engineering and a misty Washington landscape without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but landmark identification, copyright status, and any bridge/property restrictions should be independently reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 8mm Washington bridge footage, vintage steel truss bridge, early road traffic, industrial infrastructure, and home movie transportation views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Washington footage, then similar bridge, roadway, industrial, or Pacific Northwest transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a steel truss bridge with two large raised metal sections, sparse roadway traffic, haze, and distant hillside. — Steel bridge with raised metal sections and hazy hills in the background.

Washington home-movie frame from 1938 showing the steel bridge structure, roadway traffic, pale sky, and distant hillside through grainy 8mm film. — Vehicles pass along a steel bridge beneath two tall metal structures.

Black-and-white 1938 Washington frame of a steel bridge with lattice supports, two raised metal sections, light traffic, and hazy hills beyond. — Lattice supports and raised bridge sections stand against a hazy hillside.

Final 1938 Washington 8mm frame showing the steel truss bridge, two prominent metal sections, small vehicles, haze, and distant hillside. — A static home-movie view holds on the steel bridge and distant hills.

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