Chelan Washington USA-1939: A Group Of Loggers Cutting Huge Wood In The Forest

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

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A Group Of Loggers Cutting Huge Wood In The Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939 shows a group of loggers in a dense forest. Four men, some wearing distinctive red hats and red shirts with suspenders, gather around a large felled tree trunk. They appear to be taking a break, with one man drinking from a cup. The scene captures a moment of camaraderie and labor in the woods, with the natural green backdrop of tall trees and dappled sunlight. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of early 20th-century forestry work.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 122610120

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: This 1939 8mm clip supports archive requests for Depression-era forestry labor, Pacific Northwest logging, or home-movie views of workers in a forest setting.
Period detail: The men's brimmed red hats, suspenders, work shirts, and hand tools may show late-1930s logging attire and informal woods work practices.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie feel, with the men pausing around a felled trunk, talking, posing, and one man appearing to drink from a cup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four adult men, red work hats, suspenders, a large felled log, a crosscut saw, dense trees, dappled forest light, and scattered wood.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a handheld framing that gives the clip physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, labor-history insert, regional logging transition, or memory beat within a sequence about forest work.
Historical context: The footage visually places adult workers in a wooded logging environment near Chelan, Washington, without documenting the company, landowner, or specific logging operation.
Research note: People are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness permissions, and no brand or private-property clearance is apparent from the frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 8mm Chelan Washington logging, Pacific Northwest loggers home movie, men cutting felled tree, and vintage forest labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader forestry, logging, and outdoor labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington 8mm frame showing four adult men in work clothes near a felled tree in dense forest. — Four men gather beside a large felled trunk in the woods.

Adult loggers appear to pause around a felled tree in Chelan, Washington, with red hats, suspenders, and forest trees visible. — The group stands in conversation around the cut trunk.

1939 home-movie frame from Chelan showing four men in logging clothes gathered near a large felled tree in the woods. — The workers remain grouped near the log, framed by tall trees.

Chelan, Washington 1939 frame showing men beside a felled log and long saw, with one man appearing to drink from a cup. — A man appears to drink as others stand by the log and saw.

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