Washington-1938: Two Trucks Driving Across A Bridge High In The Air

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

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Two Trucks Driving Across A Bridge High In The Air — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures a massive steel truss bridge under construction in Washington. The black-and-white film shows two trucks driving across the elevated structure, with industrial scaffolding and support beams visible. Water flows beneath the bridge, and distant hills frame the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and film jitter, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century infrastructure development and transportation engineering.

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: 127414295

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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington infrastructure footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing elevated bridge construction and truck movement.
Period detail: The steel trestle work, open-deck roadway, boxy trucks, and black-and-white 8mm texture support the supplied 1938 Washington setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot or roadside observation feel, watching trucks cross the high structure rather than staging a formal construction record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steel bridge trusses, tall support towers, moving trucks, water below, low hills, scaffolding, and dark frame-edge obstructions.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft monochrome contrast, vertical scratches, gate jitter, and uneven exposure that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for public works, transportation history, bridge building, or Depression-era infrastructure.
Historical context: The footage visually situates road traffic within large-scale bridge work, with industrial framing set against water and hilly terrain.
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 matches include 1938 Washington bridge construction, 8mm trucks crossing steel trestle, and 1930s infrastructure home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Washington scenes, then broader bridge construction, road transport, or public works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame of a truck moving across an elevated steel bridge over water, with hills in the background. — A truck travels along the elevated steel bridge structure above water.

1938 Washington frame showing trucks on an elevated steel span, with trestle supports, water, and hills beyond. — Trucks move across the high bridge span amid steel supports and distant hills.

Soft 1938 Washington 8mm frame of bridge structure and water below, partially obscured by dark frame edges and haze. — Bridge supports and water are visible through a soft, scratched 8mm frame.

1938 Washington 8mm frame of two trucks crossing a steel bridge span high above water, backed by distant hills. — Two trucks cross the elevated bridge deck between steel support towers.

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