Washington-1938: Water Released From Dam To Generate Electricity

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

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Water Released From Dam To Generate Electricity — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures water cascading over a massive concrete dam in Washington. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the dam's spillway in action, with water rushing down in powerful streams. A long bridge structure spans the dam, supported by steel trusses, with vehicles visible on the roadway. The scene reflects mid-20th century industrial engineering and hydroelectric power generation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into America's infrastructure development. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including grain, scratches, and a soft focus, making it ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 127414344

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: 1930s Washington home-movie footage of dam spillway and roadway infrastructure for documentary inserts on public works, hydroelectric power, or regional engineering.
Period detail: The concrete spillway, steel truss roadway, and boxy vehicles may show late-1930s dam infrastructure as filmed from a visitor or roadside vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on water release and bridge details rather than staging action or presenting official coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cascading spillway water, a concrete dam face, steel truss supports, a roadway or bridge deck, small vehicles, distant hills, and soft film edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows fine grain, soft focus, exposure variation, scratches, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an industrial cutaway, infrastructure transition, hydroelectric context insert, or brief visual beat between wider regional history scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually places water management and road access together, suggesting how large dam sites functioned as both power infrastructure and public works landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any site-specific property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington dam footage, 8mm hydroelectric spillway, vintage concrete dam with bridge, and Depression-era public works infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1938 dam or roadway scenes, and finally with hydroelectric, public works, or industrial water footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing water cascading over a concrete dam beneath a steel roadway or bridge structure. — Water pours over the dam spillway below a steel truss span.

1938 Washington frame of a dam spillway with a steel truss roadway and small vehicles visible above the water release. — Vehicles and steel supports appear above the active spillway.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a steel-supported roadway over a Washington dam, with spillway water and concrete structures below. — The camera frames the bridge span and dam works from a distance.

1938 Washington dam footage showing a steel truss roadway with vehicles above a concrete spillway and pale water below. — A steel roadway crosses the dam while water runs below.

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