Chelan Washington USA-1939: Man In Uniform Views Mountains While Another Man

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

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Man In Uniform Views Mountains While Another Man — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, showing a man in a uniformed cap smiling as he views rugged mountain scenery from a moving vehicle. The clip captures scenic mountain ranges, forested slopes, and natural landscapes through a window frame, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of mid-20th century amateur footage. The man's cheerful expression and period attire add a personal, nostalgic touch to the archival travel footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121508030

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1939 Chelan-area home-movie footage for requests needing period travel, mountain scenery, or a brief human reaction inside a moving vehicle.
Period detail: The uniform-style cap, shirt, tie, and soft 8mm color point to late-1930s amateur travel footage, with the 1939 date supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A man in a uniformed cap smiles near the camera while the home-movie view shifts to mountains, water, trees, and window-framed scenery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a peaked cap, a vehicle window frame, distant mountains, lake or river water, forested slopes, rocky hillsides, and faded sky.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, muted color, visible grain, dust marks, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing from a moving vehicle.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short travel insert, scenic transition, personal-memory beat, or cutaway between Chelan landscape and period vacation material.
Historical context: The footage shows an amateur traveler perspective on Washington mountain scenery, combining a brief human presence with landscape views seen through a vehicle window.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and uniform-style cap require likeness and context review, while copyright and any location or property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Chelan Washington mountains, home movie man in uniform cap, vintage lake and forest travel footage, and 1930s scenic vehicle view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan or Washington mountain footage, then broader 1930s home-movie travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan home-movie frame of a smiling man in a peaked cap near a window, with pale mountain slopes in the background. — A smiling man in a uniform-style cap appears beside a window with mountain scenery beyond.

Chelan-area mountain ridges appear through a dark window frame in faded 1939 8mm travel footage. — Distant ridges are viewed through the window frame of a moving vehicle.

Faded 8mm view of blue-green lake or river water below mountain slopes near Chelan, Washington. — Water and mountain slopes pass through the frame in a soft, faded travel view.

Rocky and forested Chelan-area hillside above water, seen through a vehicle window in 1939 home-movie footage. — A rocky, tree-dotted hillside rises above the water at the end of the clip.

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