Washington-1938: Car Going Through Muddy Terrain and Dam Spillway

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Car Going Through Muddy Terrain and Dam Spillway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic scene of a vehicle navigating a muddy, war-torn landscape. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a car moving through deep, churned earth, with water splashing around its wheels. The sequence transitions to a close-up of a dam or water control structure, with water cascading over its spillway. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, vertical scratches, and soft focus—evoking a raw, historical atmosphere. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century transportation and infrastructure under challenging conditions.

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: 127414277

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

car
dirt
middle
going
war
movie
transportation
washington
1938
1938 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
wartime transportation
muddy road
car driving
dam spillway
archival black and white
historical footage
1930s Americana
war era film
old car
dirt road
water dam
grainy film
historical documentary
vintage transportation
1938 Washington
old movie
retro footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum sequences about rural travel, water control infrastructure, and regional landscape views.
Period detail: The frames may show a period road or waterside route and a concrete spillway or dam structure, with no visible signage or landmarks to identify the exact site.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot, observational feel, moving from a rough outdoor approach to held views of water and infrastructure rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moving water, a concrete spillway, railings, dark embankments, a distant valley or hillside, and soft-edged 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, vertical scratches, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing typical of scanned amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short infrastructure cutaway, landscape transition, or memory beat between transportation and public-works material.
Historical context: The clip visually connects automobile-era travel with managed waterways in a Washington landscape, while the specific project or road remains unidentified.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or infrastructure permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s Washington 8mm dam spillway, vintage home movie water control structure, and black-and-white rural travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 Washington footage, then related clips of roads, muddy terrain, dams, spillways, and rural infrastructure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a bright, rippled water surface with heavy grain and dark film borders. — Rippling water fills the frame, with a small cropped structure at the lower edge.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a concrete spillway-like structure, railings, dark water, and rough banks. — A concrete water-control structure appears from above, bordered by railings and shadowed water.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing an overhead view of a spillway-like concrete structure beside dark water and rough ground. — The spillway structure is held in frame from a high angle, with water and banks around it.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a bright, soft-focus valley or hillside view with water and possible buildings below. — A distant landscape view shows hillside, water, and a pale settlement or industrial area below.

Visually Similar Clips