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California-1938: Dam And Telephone Poles By The Waterside By The Mountains

  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1938 California
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Dam And Telephone Poles By The Waterside By The Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage California footage captures a large concrete dam with water flowing through its gates, set against a backdrop of rugged mountains. The camera pans across the structure, revealing railway tracks in the foreground and yellow safety bollards along a road. Telephone poles line the route, and a power substation is visible near the dam's powerhouse. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century industrial landscape.

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
127417620

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors 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

  • nature
  • building
  • water
  • mountains
  • rocks
  • bridge
  • telephone
  • poles
  • waterside
  • california
  • 1938
  • 1938 California dam footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • industrial dam 1930s
  • waterside dam with mountains
  • railway tracks near dam
  • telephone poles 1938
  • vintage California landscape
  • archival dam footage
  • old film grain
  • 1930s infrastructure
  • historic dam construction
  • retro industrial scene
  • classic 8mm film
  • nostalgic 1930s footage
  • waterside power facility
  • mountain backdrop
  • vintage road with bollards
  • old film color fade
  • documentary 1938 footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California industrial landscape requests needing dam, water-control infrastructure, mountains, and utility corridor atmosphere in archival 8mm footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Concrete dam with water gates, mountains, rail tracks, and small distant figures.

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