Wyoming-1939: A Large Concrete Dam In A Forested Valley

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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A Large Concrete Dam In A Forested Valley — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a large concrete dam nestled in a forested valley in Wyoming. The grainy black-and-white footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the dam structure and surrounding trees from a moving perspective, likely from a train or car. The image quality reflects the era's film stock, with visible scratches and dust, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century industrial infrastructure in a natural landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127608327

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 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: Wyoming, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie view of a large concrete dam or hydroelectric structure for documentary uses needing Western U.S. infrastructure cutaways.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view, distant dam works, sparse roadside framing, and visible Idaho Power lettering may show late-1930s regional utility infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot or passenger-shot perspective, filmed through dark window divisions from a moving car or train rather than as a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete dam structures, wooded slopes, a river or reservoir edge, utility buildings, distant hills, dark window bars, and Idaho Power lettering.
Film character: The footage carries strong home-movie texture with soft focus, heavy grain, flicker, scratches, dust, and exposure shifts across the moving view.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief infrastructure insert, travel transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat for 1930s Western dam and utility themes.
Historical context: The scene places engineered water or power infrastructure within a forested valley landscape, without showing workers, visitors, or active construction.
Research note: Human review should note visible Idaho Power lettering; copyright, trademark, location, and property issues are separate from likeness rights, with no people visible.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 8mm Wyoming dam footage, vintage hydroelectric dam home movie, Idaho Power dam sign, and 1930s Western infrastructure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming or nearby Western travel footage, then dam, utility, river valley, and infrastructure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing a distant concrete dam or utility structure across a wooded valley, viewed through dark window divisions. — A distant dam structure appears beyond trees and hills, framed by dark window bars.

Distant dam or hydroelectric works in a wooded Western valley, with the view partially blocked by a dark vertical window frame. — Dam works and trees pass in the distance as the camera looks through a window frame.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a dam or utility complex with Idaho Power lettering visible on a distant hillside or structure. — The Idaho Power lettering is visible near a distant dam complex in the valley.

Distant view of a dam or hydroelectric site with Idaho Power lettering, filmed from a moving window in 1939 Wyoming home-movie footage. — A distant Idaho Power-marked dam site sits among trees and hills.

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