Washington USA-1939: Three Men on Hunting Expedition in Wilderness

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

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Three Men on Hunting Expedition in Wilderness — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 home movie footage from Washington USA, captured on 8mm film, showing a rugged desert landscape with towering cliffs and a winding river. The grainy black-and-white imagery features natural film imperfections like scratches and dust, conveying a raw, authentic archival feel. The scene transitions to three men in casual attire standing in the open wilderness, one holding a rifle, suggesting a hunting expedition. The handheld camera movement and wide-angle shots emphasize the vastness of the terrain and the era's outdoor recreation culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121489186

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing a brief outdoor hunting or wilderness travel insert with visible participants and rugged terrain.
Period detail: The clothing, rifles, utility poles, and 8mm black-and-white stock support a late-1930s home-movie reading, while the exact Washington location is not identifiable from the frames alone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the way the camera observes companions pausing with rifles in open country rather than presenting a formal hunting scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include distant cliffs, a winding river or dry channel, open scrubland, utility poles, three men, rifles, and a small tripod-like object in the field.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, gate shadows, scratches, dust, and slight exposure unevenness give the short sequence a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wilderness establishing insert, a hunting-trip cutaway, or a brief memory beat between broader 1930s outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private recreational outing in an arid western landscape, with firearms present but no visible animal, shooting action, or confirmed hunting result.
Research note: People and possible identifiable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-rights checks; no logos or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 8mm hunting trip, Washington wilderness home movie, men with rifles in desert landscape, and 1930s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1939 Washington material, then with broader 1930s hunting, camping, or wilderness travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 8mm view of a rugged open landscape in Washington, with distant cliffs and a broad channel or riverbed. — Distant cliffs and open terrain establish the wilderness setting.

Black-and-white 1939 Washington landscape with cliffs, open ground, utility poles, and a winding river or dry channel. — The camera looks across cliffs, poles, and a winding channel in the open landscape.

Two men in 1939 Washington wilderness footage stand in scrubland, one holding a rifle near his shoulder as utility poles cross the background. — Two men pause in open scrubland, one handling a rifle.

Three men in 1939 Washington home-movie footage stand in open country, with rifles visible and utility poles on the horizon. — Three men gather in the open landscape with rifles present.

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