Chelan Washington USA-1939: Dark Granite Rocks in Quarry

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

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Dark Granite Rocks in Quarry — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing close-up views of dark, textured granite rocks in a quarry. The film captures the rugged, layered surfaces of the stone with natural lighting, highlighting subtle variations in color and texture. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a dark, atmospheric quality typical of early 20th-century amateur film. The camera moves slowly across the rock formations, emphasizing their natural, weathered appearance. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a bygone era of American industrial and natural landscapes.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610276

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1930s 8mm quarry-rock cutaway for documentary or educational sequences needing natural stone texture from Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The frames show close views of dark quarried stone and rocky ground, with era context supported by the 1939 home-movie metadata rather than visible dated clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes rough rock surfaces at close range, giving the clip an unstaged visitor-record perspective rather than a formal industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible material includes dark granite faces, loose angular stones, layered rock texture, shadowed quarry ground, and handheld framing edges.
Film character: The 8mm footage has dense shadows, soft focus, visible grain, and slight handheld blur that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for quarry, geology, stonework, landscape memory, or regional industry context.
Historical context: The clip visually documents stone surfaces and quarry material without showing workers, machinery, signage, or identifiable built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm quarry rocks, Chelan Washington granite, vintage home movie stone texture, and archival quarry cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 Chelan footage, then broader quarry, geology, stone, and Pacific Northwest landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan home-movie frame showing loose dark granite rocks and fractured quarry stone in uneven light. — Loose dark rocks and broken stone fill the quarry ground.

Close 1939 Chelan quarry view of a dark granite surface with rough, weathered texture and deep shadow. — A large dark stone face shows rough layered texture.

Underexposed 1939 Chelan quarry frame with faint rock shapes and small light patches near the lower edge. — Dark exposure leaves only faint rock details visible near the bottom.

Dim 1939 Chelan quarry frame showing shadowed ground with faint stone forms and small reflected highlights. — A dim quarry view shows faint stones and scattered highlights.

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