California-1938: Man Stands Near Dam With Water Spilling Over

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 California

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Man Stands Near Dam With Water Spilling Over — Clip Details

A man in a checkered jacket, hat, and overalls stands near a dam in California in 1938. The 8mm home movie captures the dam's spillway with water cascading over it, set against a backdrop of barren mountains. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of vintage Super 8 film. The man remains stationary, observing the water, while the camera holds a steady shot of the landscape. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American infrastructure and rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127417635

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing an infrastructure, dam spillway, or rural travel cutaway with a visible adult visitor.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, and visitor viewpoint may show late-1930s leisure travel near a California dam, consistent with the supplied 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the man stands quietly near the water while the camera observes the dam and surrounding hills.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dam spillway, rushing white water, rocky river edge, barren hills, an adult man in a hat and checkered jacket, and yellow posts or railings.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and steady amateur framing characteristic of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel-memory beat, infrastructure cutaway, or transition between California landscape and human-observation scenes.
Historical context: The scene places a casually dressed adult visitor beside a large water-control structure in an arid mountain landscape without confirming the specific dam name.
Research note: A visible adult face or likeness may require review for some uses, while no logos, children, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 California dam home movie, 8mm spillway footage, man near dam, vintage California infrastructure, and arid mountain reservoir scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then other 1938 California dam or water-infrastructure clips, then broader 1930s rural landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California home-movie frame showing a dam spillway, white water, rocky foreground, and barren hills in soft 8mm color. — Water spills over a dam below dry hills in a vintage California travel view.

1938 California frame with a dam spillway, foaming water, rocky shoreline, and arid hills beyond the structure. — The camera holds on the spillway and rocky water below the dam.

An adult man in a hat, checkered jacket, and overalls stands near the dam spillway in the supplied 1938 California home-movie footage. — A man stands near the overlook as water churns behind him.

A hat-wearing adult man stands beside yellow posts or railings, with a California dam spillway and dry hills behind him. — The visitor remains still in front of the spillway and mountain backdrop.

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