Chelan Washington USA-1939: Person Swimming near Rugged Mountain

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

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Person Swimming near Rugged Mountain — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a swimmer in the water near a rugged mountain. The scene is captured through a dark frame, giving it a nostalgic, archival feel. The swimmer, wearing a light-colored cap, moves across the calm water, with a large, rocky mountain forming a dramatic backdrop. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, characteristic of early 20th-century amateur footage. This authentic, unscripted moment captures a serene outdoor activity in a remote natural setting.

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: 122610012

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: Supports requests for late-1930s 8mm outdoor recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about lake swimming in Washington mountain scenery.
Period detail: The small-frame 8mm color home-movie look and metadata date place the scene in 1939, with no visible signage, vehicles, or clothing details to refine the period further.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged swimmer moves across open water while the camera observes from a distant, steady home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer, pale wake, green-blue lake water, rocky mountain slope, dark film gate edges, frame division, soft focus, and light surface texture.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, dark gate borders, minor scratches, and uneven exposure typical of scanned amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief scenic insert, memory beat, transition, or cutaway for lake recreation, travel, or family-history sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure swimming within a rugged lake-and-mountain setting without showing crowds, facilities, or identifying landmarks beyond the supplied Chelan metadata.
Research note: A swimmer is visible but facial identity is not readable in these frames; copyright, likeness, and location-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm swimmer, vintage home movie lake swimming, mountain lake recreation footage, and 1930s outdoor leisure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1939 Chelan or Washington lake material, then with broader mountain-water recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan home-movie frame showing a small swimmer on green-blue water with a rugged mountain slope in the background. — A distant swimmer moves across the lake beneath a steep rocky shoreline.

Distant swimmer in Chelan, Washington, seen on lake water against a rugged mountain backdrop in 1939 8mm footage. — The swimmer remains small in frame, leaving a light wake across the water.

Chelan lake swimming scene from 1939, with the swimmer low in frame and a muted mountain slope filling the background. — The swimmer passes closer to the lower edge as the lake and mountain fill the frame.

Late-1930s 8mm frame from Chelan showing a swimmer moving across open water below a rugged mountain slope. — A bright wake marks the swimmer's path across the lake near the end of the shot.

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