Chelan Washington USA-1939: Loggers at Logging Site in Forest

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

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Loggers at Logging Site in Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, showing a group of men in red hats and work clothes in a forested mountain setting. The men, some in plaid shirts and suspenders, are seen resting, conversing, and walking along a dirt path near a logging site with cut timber. The footage captures authentic mid-century logging camp life with natural lighting, film grain, and color fading typical of Super 8 film. This archival material offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century forestry work and rural American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610103

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing late-1930s home-movie views of logging workers in a forested Washington mountain setting.
Period detail: The red hats, suspenders, plaid shirts, dirt road, hand tools, and cut timber may show period logging-camp dress and work routines from the stated 1939 reel.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear relaxed and unstaged, pausing to talk, sit, and walk near the work area as a home-movie camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in red hats, plaid work shirts, suspenders, forest trees, dirt paths, cut logs, a sawed trunk end, and scattered clothing or camp gear.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, warm color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a family-shot reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for forestry labor, rural work, mountain travel, or Depression-era everyday life.
Historical context: The footage visually places a small group of male workers or companions in a wooded logging setting, without enough evidence to identify a company or exact work operation.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness, privacy, and any location or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm logging footage, Chelan Washington forest workers, vintage home movie loggers, and men in red hats near cut timber.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, and then with broader forest work, logging camp, or rural labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the Chelan, Washington reel, men in red hats and work clothes gather among trees near a wooden edge or log structure. — Men pause in a wooded work area near a low wooden structure.

Chelan-area home-movie frame showing men in red hats and work clothes conversing in a forested logging setting. — Workers or companions talk during a pause in the woods.

Two men in red hats walk down a dirt forest road in the 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage. — Two men walk along a dirt road through the trees.

Men in red hats stand beside cut timber and a sawed trunk end in the Chelan, Washington forest setting. — A group stands near cut logs and a freshly sawed trunk end.

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