Washington-1939: Mountain Road Trip Passing Dam and Power Lines

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Mountain Road Trip Passing Dam and Power Lines — 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 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: 127736506

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: 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 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: Washington, 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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Topics & Keywords

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.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s road and utility infrastructure, including dirt roads, power poles, a roadside sign, and a dam or industrial complex in a mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the passing visitor viewpoint from a road trip, with the camera observing landmarks and infrastructure from a moving, informal position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include arid hills, a dirt roadside, utility poles, a sign structure, distant dam or industrial buildings, fencing, water or valley terrain, and passing brush.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight exposure variation give the footage a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, route-establishing insert, or memory beat between wider road-trip scenes.
Historical context: The footage places a private traveler near large public works and rural utility lines, suggesting how infrastructure entered ordinary travel views without making a specific event claim.
Research note: Human review should confirm any readable signage or brands and consider likeness issues for any distant people; copyright and property or likeness clearance are separate questions.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Washington 8mm road trip, vintage dam footage, rural power lines home movie, mountain road travel, and black-and-white infrastructure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Washington road scenes, then broader themes of New Deal-era infrastructure, roadside travel, and mountain landscapes.

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.

Passing 1939 Washington view of a dam or industrial complex with power poles, fencing, hills, and distant water or valley terrain. — A dam or utility complex appears beyond roadside poles and fencing.

1939 Washington home-movie frame passing a dam or industrial site, with a roadside sign, utility pole, hillside, and brush visible. — The moving camera passes a sign and utility pole near a distant infrastructure site.

Late-1930s Washington road-trip view of a distant dam or utility complex, rough foreground, utility poles, hills, and an angled structure. — A distant infrastructure complex sits below low hills, framed by poles and roadside brush.

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