Chelan Washington USA-1939: Workers Load Packages Onto Tour Bus in Mountain Setting

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

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Workers Load Packages Onto Tour Bus in Mountain Setting — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing workers loading wooden crates and packages onto a tour bus at a mountainous lakeside stop. Men in winter coats and hats, some wearing red caps, handle the cargo on a gravel platform with snow-capped peaks in the background. The scene captures a moment of labor and travel in a classic mid-20th century American setting, with the bus labeled 'SPEEDWAY' and a rustic, nostalgic atmosphere. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of archival Super 8 footage.

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: 122610426

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: Yes
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: This clip suits a documentary or educational production needing 1930s American West labor footage in a mountain transit setting.
Period detail: Dark wool coats, flat caps, and red knit caps on the workers, combined with the bus body style and wooden-crate cargo handling, are consistent with late-1930s Pacific Northwest working life.
Home-movie behavior: A traveler or bystander captured this candid loading operation from ground level on the platform, suggesting an amateur record of a journey stop rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Rows of wooden crates on a gravel platform, a large touring bus with multi-pane windows, several men in dark coats and red knit caps handling cargo, white fabric bundles among the boxes, snow-capped mountain peaks, and a utility pole.
Film character: Moderate grain, warm color fading toward the edges, and slight handheld wobble are consistent with 8mm amateur stock of the late 1930s, lending authentic period texture to the image.
Edit role: Works as a wide-shot cutaway establishing pre-war labor activity, a period travel-montage insert, or a geographic orientation cut using the mountain backdrop.
Historical context: The scene may reflect the regional freight and tourism economy around Lake Chelan in the late 1930s, when motor-coach routes were expanding through the Washington Cascades.
Research note: Identifiable adult workers are visible in all frames and require likeness review. A bus brand name is referenced in the metadata but is not clearly legible in the frames — verify before use.
Research search match: Likely matched by queries such as '1930s bus loading workers,' 'Washington state mountain labor,' 'pre-war Pacific Northwest travel,' or '8mm archival cargo handling.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or shoot; then with 1930s Washington or Cascade-region footage; then with pre-war American labor or motor-coach travel sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Workers load wooden crates alongside a touring bus at a mountain stop, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939; snow-capped peaks and a utility pole visible. — Workers handle cargo crates beside a touring bus at a mountain platform stop.

Workers sort and stack wooden crates on a rocky platform alongside a touring bus, with snow-capped peaks visible, circa 1939 Chelan, Washington. — Men sort cargo crates on gravel alongside the touring bus.

A worker in a red cap and dark coat stands near cargo crates at a mountain stop alongside a touring bus, circa 1939 Chelan, Washington. — Worker in red cap stands by cargo crates at a mountain bus stop.

A worker in a pale hat oversees crates on a backlit platform, with a second figure in a red cap nearby and mountain peaks silhouetted, circa 1939 Washington. — A hatted figure oversees crates at a backlit mountain platform stop.

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