Grand Coulee Dam Washington-1938: Water Pours Through a Row of Concrete Dam Openings

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationGrand Coulee Dam, Washington, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, United States
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What is in this clip

dam construction
water control
civil engineering
industrial infrastructure
river development
historical travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Oblique view across the water toward the dam openings
Setting: outdoor · Concrete dam construction works with flowing water and tall lattice supports
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · Indeterminate
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright water and muted structural detail
People: 0 · No people are discernible.
Landmarks: Grand Coulee Dam
Objects: concrete discharge bays · concrete piers · lattice construction supports · horizontal beams · flowing water · whitewater · spray
Colors: gray · white · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Water streams through concrete bays beside a pier at the right edge.
The pan carries the right-hand pier toward the edge as discharge fills the foreground.
More repeated openings appear beneath the lattice construction supports.
The shot ends on a longer row of outlets above churning whitewater.

Water Pours Through a Row of Concrete Dam Openings — Clip Details

Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, circa 1938 home movie footage shows water pouring through a row of concrete openings into turbulent water below. Tall lattice supports rise above the repeated bays, with a concrete pier at the right edge of the opening view. The camera pans along the structure in one continuous shot, revealing more outlets and white spray. Monochrome grain, vertical scratches and soft projected detail remain visible throughout.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004205

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 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: Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This circa 1938 Grand Coulee Dam view serves documentary and museum requests for construction-era water discharge and Columbia River infrastructure.
Period detail: Tall lattice construction supports rise above the concrete outlets, consistent with the site's checked late-1930s construction context.
Home-movie behavior: The brief, slightly unsteady pan records the scale and movement of the works from a visitor's observational perspective.
What appears in frame: The view contains repeated concrete bays, projecting piers, lattice supports, horizontal beams, falling streams and turbulent foreground water.
Film character: Monochrome grain, vertical scratches, scattered marks and soft projected detail give the moving water and concrete pronounced archival texture.
Edit role: Use the shot as a short industrial cutaway between wider construction views and closer machinery details.
Historical context: The checked construction history places these works within Grand Coulee Dam's 1935–1941 building period, with circa 1938 retained as an approximate date.
Research note: No people, readable logos or artwork are discernible; copyright in the footage and any applicable site or property permissions remain separate considerations.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for Grand Coulee Dam discharge, circa 1938 Washington construction and black-and-white small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's dam cranes, construction railway and steam locomotive, then other Grand Coulee views circa 1938 and broader dam discharge footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grand Coulee Dam, circa 1938: several concrete outlets discharge into whitewater beneath lattice construction supports, beside a right-edge pier. — Concrete openings release water beside a projecting pier, with lattice supports rising above.
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Grand Coulee Dam, circa 1938: broad streams spill from repeated concrete bays as white turbulence spreads below the construction framework. — Falling streams and white turbulence dominate the view beneath the concrete bays.
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Grand Coulee Dam, circa 1938: the pan reveals more concrete discharge openings beneath tall lattice supports and horizontal construction elements. — Additional outlets extend across the frame as the camera follows the structure.
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Grand Coulee Dam, circa 1938: a longer line of discharge bays sits beneath the construction framework above churning whitewater. — The closing view follows the repeated bays above churning water.
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