Washington-1939: View Of Grey Columbia River Dam On A Clear Day

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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View Of Grey Columbia River Dam On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a view of the Columbia River Dam in Washington on a clear day. The black-and-white footage shows the dam's concrete structure with water flowing through its gates, waves crashing against the base, and a hilly landscape in the background. The grainy texture and slight camera shake reflect authentic 1930s home movie quality. In one frame, two people are visible standing on the dam's crest, offering a sense of scale. The clip presents a nostalgic look at mid-20th century infrastructure and engineering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127736523

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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: 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 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: Useful for 1930s infrastructure, New Deal-era public works, river engineering, or Washington travel sequences needing real home-movie dam footage.
Period detail: The concrete dam, sparse visitors, black-and-white 8mm stock, and hilly river setting support a late-1930s public-works travel record.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, with the camera observing the dam from changing angles rather than presenting a staged official survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the dam face, spillway water, river surface, rocky shoreline, distant hills, railings, and two small figures on the crest.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate weave, and handheld framing give the short view a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, infrastructure transition, or memory beat in a river, dam, or 1930s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a large concrete river-control structure as seen by a private camera, giving scale through water movement and tiny visitors above.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may be minimal but still advisable; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Washington dam home movie, Columbia River dam 8mm footage, 1930s public works film, and vintage hydroelectric infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 Washington or Columbia River views, then broader dam, river, engineering, or public-works footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington home-movie view of a concrete Columbia River dam, river water, shoreline, and distant hills. — Dam wall and river channel seen from a nearby vantage point.

Concrete dam and river spray in a hilly Washington landscape, with small figures visible on the dam crest. — Water spray rises near the dam as two small visitors stand above.

Home-movie frame of the Columbia River dam with churning water, concrete supports, and a low hilly background. — The spillway and dam face dominate the river view.

Wide 1939 Washington view of river spray and rocky shoreline beside the edge of a concrete Columbia River dam. — Spray breaks across the river below the dam edge.

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