Chelan Washington USA-1939: Two Men in Rowboat Paddling and Waving at Chelan Lake

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

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Two Men in Rowboat Paddling and Waving at Chelan Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Chelan, Washington, showing two men in a rowboat on a calm lake. The grainy black-and-white film captures the men paddling and waving at the camera, with one man in a hat and dark clothing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including scratches, dust, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, quiet outdoor recreation scene from the late 1930s.

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: 121507656

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s-era documentary or museum sequences needing quiet lake recreation, small-rowboat activity, or informal vacation home-movie atmosphere in Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The clothing, small wooden rowboat, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1939 date point to late-1930s leisure footage, though individual identities are not established.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged behavior as two men row and acknowledge the camera from the water, giving the clip a personal vacation-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in a small rowboat, calm lake water, distant shoreline or brush, soft wintery-looking background tones, oars, hats, and vertical film wear.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, exposure variation, scratches, dust, and slight instability that read as original physical-film evidence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, water-recreation cutaway, or transition between broader travel, family archive, or lake-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents informal outdoor recreation on a quiet lake, with the camera observing ordinary leisure rather than a public event or staged activity.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, minors, private property, or music are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 Chelan Washington home movie, 8mm men in rowboat, vintage lake recreation footage, and black-and-white family travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Chelan or Washington lake material, then with broader 1930s boating and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing a distant rowboat on a quiet lake, with soft focus and visible film wear. — A small rowboat appears far across the lake near a faint shoreline.

Two men appear in a distant rowboat on Chelan lake water in 1939 black-and-white 8mm footage, with soft focus and scratches. — Two figures sit in the rowboat as it moves across the quiet water.

The rowboat remains distant on the lake in this 1939 Chelan home-movie frame, with two occupants faintly visible. — The boat and its occupants are faint but visible against the bright lake surface.

Closer 1939 Chelan frame of two men in a small rowboat on rippled lake water, one in a hat and one seated near the stern. — A closer view shows the men in the rowboat with oars visible on the rippled water.

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