Chelan Washington USA-1939: Scenic Mountain And Lake Views In Vintage 8mm Film

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

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Scenic Mountain And Lake Views In Vintage 8mm Film — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 captures a rugged mountain landscape at a lake in Chelan, Washington. The clip features several scenic angles of a rocky, forested mountain slope with scattered evergreen trees under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including grain, slight color fading, and natural vignetting, suggesting it was shot from a moving vehicle or boat. The serene natural setting includes a calm lake in the foreground, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American outdoor life and landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121508255

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1930s 8mm Chelan-area lake and mountain scenery for documentary inserts, regional history cutaways, or outdoor recreation context.
Period detail: The frames may show era clues through the color 8mm home-movie stock, soft focus, handheld framing, and uncommercial scenic travel viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming passing lake and mountain views from a boat, shoreline, or moving vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue lake, rocky forested slopes, evergreen trees, pale sky, shoreline edges, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, mild color fading, gate weave, vignetting, and exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, geography transition, travel-memory beat, or quiet cutaway between Chelan-related sequences.
Historical context: The view documents a recreational lakeside mountain landscape in Washington before later development is visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be checked for intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm Lake Chelan footage, vintage Washington lake mountains, Chelan home movie scenery, and archival mountain lake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan footage, then broader vintage Pacific Northwest lake and mountain scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm Chelan-area footage showing a rocky evergreen-covered slope beneath a clear blue sky. — Rocky mountain slope and scattered evergreens seen through the 8mm frame.

Chelan, Washington lake view with dark water, rocky shore, evergreen trees, and a steep mountain slope. — Lake and rocky forested shoreline along a mountain slope.

Vintage 8mm view of a Chelan-area rocky outcrop with scattered evergreens and open sky. — Rock outcrop and sparse evergreens on the mountain hillside.

1939 Chelan-area lake foreground with a rocky evergreen shoreline and mountain slope beyond. — Lake surface and forested rocky shoreline in faded 8mm color.

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