Chelan Washington USA-1939: Man Fishing in River Wearing Red Shirt

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

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Man Fishing in River Wearing Red Shirt — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a man fishing in a rushing river. The clip opens with a scenic view of a rocky mountainside framed by dark pine trees, then cuts to a man in a red shirt and red hat casting his fishing rod into the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, capturing a nostalgic moment of outdoor recreation in the Pacific Northwest.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122609932

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 Pacific Northwest outdoor recreation requests needing authentic home-movie footage of river fishing and mountain scenery.
Period detail: The clothing, color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in a late-1930s amateur travel or family-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged recreational moment, with the camera observing a man fishing from behind beside a fast-moving river.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky mountainside, dark pine branches, rushing river water, a man in a red shirt and hat, fishing rod action, and wooded banks.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, strong contrast, color fading, and handheld framing that read as original amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or transition between landscape travel material and outdoor leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows fishing as a casual outdoor pastime in a wooded mountain river setting, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific river or landmark.
Research note: A person is visible from the rear, so likeness review may still be needed even where copyright, location, and property issues appear limited from the frames.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 8mm Washington fishing, Chelan river home movie, man in red shirt fishing, and vintage mountain river footage fit this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Chelan travel footage, then other 1939 Washington outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s fishing or mountain river material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Chelan, Washington 1939 home-movie view of a rocky mountainside framed by dark pine branches. — Rocky mountain slope glimpsed through shaded evergreen branches.

A man in a red shirt and hat fishes from the riverbank in 1939 Chelan, Washington footage. — Man in red clothing stands near rushing water while fishing.

Rear view of the fisherman in red standing close to the fast-moving river in Chelan, Washington. — The fisherman faces the river with his rod angled toward the current.

Wide home-movie view of a river bend and wooded banks in the Chelan, Washington area. — Rushing river water passes between dark wooded banks.

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