California-1938: View Of Dam Releasing Water And Men Loading Horses On A Clear

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 California

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View Of Dam Releasing Water And Men Loading Horses On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic view of a dam releasing water in California. The footage shows turbulent white water cascading over the structure, with rocky outcrops in the foreground and rugged hills in the background. Later scenes transition to a forested area where men in period attire, including overalls and a red plaid jacket, load gear onto horses. The warm, faded color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of historical nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of early 20th-century outdoor life and infrastructure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127417692

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 requests needing 1930s California 8mm footage of water infrastructure and outdoor pack-horse activity for documentary, museum, education, or editorial production.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s clothing and outdoor gear, including brimmed hats, overalls, pack animals, and visitor-shot views of a dam releasing water.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie perspective, moving from a scenic dam view to people handling horses in a forested outdoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dam spillway, white water, rocky shoreline, rugged hills, trees, men in outdoor clothing, horses, and pack gear.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, faded color, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat linking California infrastructure, travel, and outdoor life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scenes visually connect public water-control infrastructure with recreational or working travel in a wooded California landscape, without identifying a specific site.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s California dam 8mm footage, home movie horses in forest, vintage water release, or pack-horse outdoor footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then California footage from 1938, then broader themes of dams, water, horses, travel, and outdoor life.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California 8mm frame showing a dam spillway releasing white water beneath rugged hills, with rocks and shoreline in front. — Dam spillway releasing white water below a rugged hillside.

Faded 1938 California 8mm view of turbulent water below a dam, with hills and rocky outcrops visible beyond the spillway. — Turbulent water below the dam, seen in a faded home-movie frame.

1938 California home-movie frame with a man in outdoor clothing near a horse, partly obscured by warm light flare and trees. — A man stands near a horse in a wooded outdoor area.

1938 California 8mm frame showing a horse with gear in a forested area, with partially visible people near the edge of the shot. — Pack horse and people at the edge of a forested scene.

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