Chelan Washington USA-1939: Men Rowing Boat Down River, Man Stands Up

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

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Men Rowing Boat Down River, Man Stands Up — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing two men in a small rowboat on a calm river. One man rows steadily while the other sits and then stands, both wearing hats and period clothing. The black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a soft focus, capturing a nostalgic moment of leisure on the water. The scene is framed by a dark border, with trees visible along the riverbank in the background, evoking a quiet, mid-century Americana atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121507674

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 home-movie requests needing small-boat recreation, riverside leisure, or Pacific Northwest waterway footage for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The men's brimmed hats, simple rowboat, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s leisure scene, consistent with the Chelan, Washington metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged recreational moment as one man rows while another sits and then stands in the boat near a wooded shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a small rowboat, oars, calm water, shoreline trees, hats, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, and contact-frame borders give the scan a clear physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert for outdoor leisure and regional Americana sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows informal boating recreation on a quiet river or lake edge, offering social context for everyday leisure rather than a documented public event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location claims should be checked separately from the footage metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm rowboat footage, men rowing on river, vintage home movie boating, and 1930s lakeside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader 1930s boating and outdoor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chelan, Washington, two men in period hats sit in a small rowboat on calm water in 1939 home-movie footage. — Two men sit in a rowboat as it moves across still water.

A 1939 Chelan home-movie frame shows one man rowing a small boat while another sits nearby on the water. — One man rows as the second passenger sits low in the boat.

The rowboat appears farther from camera near a tree-lined bank, with two men visible aboard in the Chelan footage. — The boat drifts near a wooded riverbank or lakeshore.

One man stands upright in the small rowboat as another remains seated, with trees along the Chelan shoreline behind them. — A passenger stands in the boat while the rower or companion stays seated.

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