Chelan Washington USA-1939: Red Hat Adventures Paddled 100 Miles Through Ocean

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

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Red Hat Adventures Paddled 100 Miles Through Ocean — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan Washington USA in 1939, showing a small motorboat navigating a vast lake surrounded by forested mountains. The clip captures a family or group of friends on a summer adventure, with passengers visible on the boat, including one person wearing a distinctive red hat. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century recreation. The camera appears to be handheld from a nearby vessel or shore, with slight movement and a natural, unscripted feel. This nostalgic 1930s Americana scene is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 122610024

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie lake boating footage for documentary inserts about recreation, travel, family outings, or small-craft adventure in Washington state.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s leisure boating, with a small cabin motorboat, casual outdoor clothing, and a vivid red hat as visible period and personal details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged travel record, filmed from another boat as passengers approach, look toward camera, and handle themselves casually on the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, lake water, forested mountain slopes, distant shoreline, passengers, a red hat, boat wake, and aged film borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, small scratches, and handheld framing that preserves the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, travel transition, or establishing insert for lake recreation and small-boat journeys.
Historical context: The scene places private leisure boating within a mountain-lake setting, showing ordinary outdoor recreation rather than a formal public event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm Lake Chelan boating, Washington home movie lake recreation, small motorboat family outing, and red hat boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader mountain-lake boating or 1930s recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing a small motorboat moving across a broad lake below forested mountains. — A small motorboat travels across the lake with mountain slopes behind it.

Small cabin motorboat approaches on Lake Chelan, with passengers faintly visible and a mountain shoreline in the distance. — The cabin boat approaches across open water under a mountain backdrop.

Home-movie view of a small cabin boat on the lake, with passengers visible near the front and wooded hills behind. — Passengers ride in a small cabin boat as it nears the camera.

Close home-movie frame from Chelan showing two boat passengers beside the camera vessel, including one person wearing a red hat. — A red-hatted passenger sits near another person as the boat passes close by.

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