Chelan Washington USA-1939: Snow-Capped Mountains and Boat on Mountain Lake

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

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Snow-Capped Mountains and Boat on Mountain Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 showing a scenic mountain lake journey in Chelan, Washington. The clip captures snow-capped peaks and forested slopes through a window frame, with a boat's yellow hull and white smokestack visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and scratches, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains steady, offering a passenger's view of the natural landscape as the boat moves through the water.

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: 122610447

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: Suits documentary or educational productions needing late-1930s Pacific Northwest scenery; useful for wilderness travel, transportation history, or regional landscape segments.
Period detail: Consistent with pre-WWII 8mm amateur film; a steamboat with a white smokestack suggests commercial lake ferry service of the 1930s, as supported by the 1939 title metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a passenger's vantage point on the boat deck, capturing the view a leisure traveler would record rather than a staged or planned camera setup.
What appears in frame: Snow-capped mountain peaks, forested lower slopes, overcast sky, boat deck railings and vertical posts, yellow hull, white cylindrical smokestack, dark smoke plume, and a small settlement visible at the mountain base.
Film character: Heavy 8mm grain, pronounced color fading toward cool blue-gray tones, a visible diagonal scratch in one frame, and mild overexposure give the footage unmistakable mid-century archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert for Pacific Northwest or mountain lake sequences, or as a period cutaway illustrating pre-war leisure travel by steamboat.
Historical context: Lake Chelan supported commercial steamboat passenger service in the 1930s, making this passenger-perspective footage consistent with that era of lake transportation in Washington State.
Research note: No identifiable individuals appear visible; copyright ownership rests with the original filmmaker's estate and should be verified; the vessel may constitute identifiable property requiring further research.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1930s Washington State lake scenery,' 'pre-war Pacific Northwest boat travel,' 'vintage mountain lake steamboat,' or 'archival Cascades landscape 8mm.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Chelan reel, then with 1930s Pacific Northwest outdoor footage, then with pre-war American leisure travel or steamboat sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Passenger view from a boat on Lake Chelan, Washington, circa 1939, showing snow-capped peaks and forested slopes under a partly cloudy teal-blue sky, with a diagonal film scratch and 8mm grain. — Snow-capped peaks viewed from the boat deck, Lake Chelan, 1939.

View from a boat on Lake Chelan, Washington, circa 1939, with two deck posts framing overcast skies and snow-dusted mountain slopes, rendered with heavy 8mm grain and color fade. — Boat deck posts frame overcast mountain slopes, Lake Chelan, 1939.

Overcast view from a boat on Lake Chelan, Washington, circa 1939, showing snow-covered mountain silhouettes and a single deck post, rendered in the muted tones of faded 8mm film. — Overcast mountains seen over the boat rail, Lake Chelan, 1939.

Boat deck detail on Lake Chelan, Washington, circa 1939: yellow hull, white smokestack emitting dark smoke, and mountain slopes visible beyond, captured on 8mm film with visible color fading. — Steamboat smokestack and yellow hull, Lake Chelan, 1939.

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