Chelan Washington USA-1939: Vintage Footage Of People Boarding A Ferry

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

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Vintage Footage Of People Boarding A Ferry — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a group of people boarding a ferry on a lake. The clip features a man in a dark suit and hat driving a classic open-top vehicle, with passengers in period attire including hats and coats. The setting includes a calm lake surrounded by forested hills, with a stone wall visible in the background. The film exhibits characteristic 1930s color saturation, grain, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of early 20th-century transportation and leisure. The footage is presented with natural film imperfections, including scratches and light leaks, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 122610316

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: Fits documentary and educational requests for 1930s Pacific Northwest transportation and leisure; useful as a period insert or memory beat in pre-war American history productions.
Period detail: Vintage automobile with horizontal grille and wood-framed canopy, occupants in dark coats and hats, and a stone retaining wall are consistent with late-1930s Pacific Northwest travel.
Home-movie behavior: Shot casually at a low angle, likely by a fellow traveler, capturing an unguarded moment of ordinary ferry departure rather than a staged or professional scene.
What appears in frame: Vintage automobile with horizontal grille and wood canopy, stone retaining wall, conifer-covered hillside, calm lake surface, multiple adults in period coats and hats, and an apparent dock structure.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm traits throughout: severe light leak on the opening frame, warm-to-cool color shift across frames, visible grain, and slight motion blur lend authentic archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief insert or memory-beat cutaway in a documentary on 1930s transportation, Pacific Northwest history, or pre-war American leisure.
Historical context: Lake Chelan served as a ferry route for residents and visitors to remote communities; this footage may reflect ordinary civilian travel in the pre-war Pacific Northwest.
Research note: Adult faces are visible and likely identifiable in multiple frames; subjects are unidentified private individuals—likeness considerations apply, particularly for commercial use.
Research search match: Likely found via searches for 1930s ferry boarding, vintage automobile Pacific Northwest, pre-war Washington state lake travel, or 8mm home movie transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this 1939 Chelan acquisition or reel; then with Pacific Northwest lake and ferry footage from the 1930s–1940s; then with period road-trip or transportation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Opening frame from a 1939 8mm home movie reel dominated by an orange-red light leak; faint structural or foliage shapes just discernible through the overexposure. — Light-leaked opening frame, c. 1939 Chelan, Washington.

Driver in dark coat and hat at the wheel of a late-1930s vintage car with horizontal grille; conifer trees behind, consistent with the Chelan, Washington area, c. 1939. — Driver in period attire at the wheel of a vintage automobile, c. 1939.

Side view of a vintage vehicle with a wood-framed canopy alongside a stone retaining wall; figures in period coats visible, consistent with a 1939 ferry embarkation point. — Vintage vehicle alongside a stone retaining wall at the ferry approach, c. 1939.

Group in 1930s-era hats and coats gathered near a vintage automobile at an apparent ferry landing; rocky forested hillside and calm lake surface visible, c. 1939 Chelan, Washington. — Passengers gathering at the ferry landing, Lake Chelan area, c. 1939.

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