Chelan Washington USA-1939: Men Working in Forested Wilderness

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

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Men Working in Forested Wilderness — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939 shows two men in a wooded outdoor setting. One man in a hat and shirt stands near a metal basin, while another in a plaid shirt and hat bends over, handling equipment. The scene captures rural labor and daily life in the early 20th century, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain and scratches of archival Super 8 film. The final frames show a forested landscape with distant mountains, emphasizing the wilderness environment.

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: 121507347

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: Chelan, 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: Supports requests for 1930s Washington home-movie footage of rural outdoor work, wooded camps, or wilderness labor for documentary, education, and period context edits.
Period detail: Wide-brim hats, work shirts, suspenders, a plaid shirt, and a metal basin may show practical late-1930s rural clothing and field equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear focused on a small task in the woods rather than posing, giving the clip an unstaged record of ordinary outdoor work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, hats, a plaid shirt, a metal basin, wooded ground, tall trees, and distant mountain scenery.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, and uneven exposure that identify it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, transition from people to landscape, or memory beat within a Chelan-area sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for work or camp activity in a forested Washington setting without proving a specific occupation or event.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm home movie, men working in woods, rural labor, forest camp, and black-and-white wilderness footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Chelan or Washington 1939 material, and then with broader rural work or wilderness landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage, two adult men appear to handle equipment near a metal basin among trees. — Two men work beside a metal basin in a forested clearing.

Two adult men in hats work near a basin in a wooded Chelan, Washington setting, with one bending over equipment. — One man stands while another bends toward equipment beside the basin.

The clip shifts to a wooded Chelan-area landscape with trees, brush, and a distant mountain slope in soft black-and-white exposure. — A forested view opens beyond trees and low brush.

A bright black-and-white frame shows trees and partial mountain scenery, with vertical film marks visible from the 8mm scan. — Trees and distant terrain appear in a bright landscape frame.

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