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Washington-1939: Vintage Footage On Road Trip Experiences Passing New Cities And Landmarks

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationWashington, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 Washington
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Vintage Footage On Road Trip Experiences Passing New... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a road trip through a rugged mountain landscape in Washington. The footage shows a passing view of a roadside sign for the Piker Island Dam, with power lines and a dirt road cutting through arid hills. The camera moves steadily, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century infrastructure and remote travel. Grainy black-and-white imagery and film scratches enhance the authentic archival feel, evoking a sense of historical Americana and personal journey.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127736506

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: Yes
  • 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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note
1939
Reel-level location note
mt washington,quebec
Date
1939 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Washington, 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
  • black and white film
  • mountain
  • billboard
  • power line
  • road
  • trip
  • experiences
  • passing
  • cities
  • landmarks
  • washington
  • 1939
  • 1939 road trip footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Washington state 1939
  • Piker Island Dam
  • black and white home movie
  • rural road
  • mountain landscape
  • archival footage
  • old film
  • passing scenery
  • historic infrastructure
  • power lines
  • roadside sign
  • 8mm home movie
  • retro travel
  • documentary footage
  • nostalgic journey
  • vintage travel
  • old film grain

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s Washington road-trip footage for productions needing brief home-movie views of rural travel, dams, roadside infrastructure, or passing landscape inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington road-trip frame showing a dirt road, arid hillside, and small roadside sign structure viewed from a moving home-movie camera.
A roadside sign structure stands along a dirt route below a rocky hillside.

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