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California-1938: Water Dam In The Mountains Shown From Two Different Angles

  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1938 California
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Water Dam In The Mountains Shown From Two Different Angles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a water dam in California from two different angles. The footage shows water cascading over the dam structure with a rugged mountain backdrop under a bright sky. The warm, faded color palette and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains mostly static, offering a steady view of the natural and man-made landscape. This historic 8mm home movie provides a rare glimpse into mid-20th century American infrastructure and rural scenery.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127417597

Rights & Clearance

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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note
1938
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1938 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

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  • water
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  • landscape
  • hills
  • river
  • mountain
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  • water dam in mountains
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  • historic dam construction
  • retro landscape film
  • mountain river flow
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  • 1930s American infrastructure
  • archival water dam
  • classic 8mm film
  • nostalgic landscape
  • 1938 home movie
  • vintage dam footage
  • 8mm film grain
  • historic water flow
  • 1930s California

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California infrastructure requests needing brief documentary cutaways of a dam, spillway, river water, and mountain landscape from home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Faded 8mm view of water spilling over a dam with hills behind it.

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