Chelan Washington USA-1939: Men Drinking By The Lakeside With Friends

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

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Men Drinking By The Lakeside With Friends — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, showing three men taking a break by a rocky lakeside. The men, wearing hats and dark clothing, sit near rolled blankets and supplies, drinking from bottles and sharing a meal. The scene unfolds against a backdrop of a calm lake and forested mountains, captured in grainy 8mm film with natural color tones and soft focus. The handheld camera captures a candid moment of camaraderie and rest during a journey, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610406

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary or editorial productions seeking authentic 1930s American leisure footage — candid early color 8mm showing men at rest on a Pacific Northwest lakeshore.
Period detail: Men wear dark work-style clothing and red bandanas consistent with late-1930s outdoor dress; early color film stock, likely Kodachrome, suggests pre-WWII home-movie production.
Home-movie behavior: The cameraman captures an unposed moment of men drinking and resting mid-trip, with the relaxed informality of personal home-movie filming among companions.
What appears in frame: Rocky shoreline, calm mountain lake, steep forested hillsides, bundled bedrolls or gear packs, wooden poles or logs, three men in dark clothing and red bandanas, bottles raised to drink.
Film character: Early color 8mm stock renders warm Kodachrome-like tones with visible grain and soft focus; handheld framing produces mild camera movement that deepens the candid intimacy.
Edit role: Works as a period atmosphere insert or memory beat in Pacific Northwest or 1930s Americana sequences; close-up drinking frames also function as social-history cutaways.
Historical context: Pre-WWII Pacific Northwest recreational footage; gear, clothing, and early color film stock are visually consistent with late Depression-era amateur filmmaking.
Research note: Adult faces are identifiable in close-up frames; individuals are unidentified, and while the 1939 date makes deceased status probable, likeness clearance cannot be confirmed — editorial verification advised.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via queries such as '1930s men outdoors color 8mm,' 'Pacific Northwest lake camping pre-war,' or 'Depression-era American leisure home movie.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Chelan 1939 reel; then Pacific Northwest lake footage from the 1930s–40s; then pre-WWII American outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 color 8mm home movie: men resting on a rocky Washington lakeside with bundled gear, wooden poles, and forested mountains in the background. — Three men pause among their gear on a rocky lakeshore, one standing and surveying the scene.

1939 8mm color home movie: two men in red bandanas on a Washington lakeshore, one raising a bottle to drink, bundled gear and wooden logs visible behind. — Two men in red bandanas share a drink on the rocky shore with a calm mountain lake behind.

1939 8mm home movie: man in red bandana and dark clothing drinks from a bottle on a Washington lakeside, forested mountain slopes reflected in calm water behind. — A man tilts a bottle back to drink on a rocky Washington lakeshore, lake and mountains behind.

1939 8mm home movie: man in dark jacket drinks from a raised bottle on a rocky Washington lakeside, a second companion in hat visible at right, calm lake and forested hills behind. — A man drinks from a raised bottle lakeside as a companion looks on, forested hills in the distance.

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