Chelan Washington USA-1939: Men on Rocky Shore Near Lake and Mountains

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

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Men on Rocky Shore Near Lake and Mountains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a scenic lake surrounded by forested mountains. The view is framed through a window, with visible film grain, scratches, and slight color fading typical of archival Super 8 footage. The sequence transitions from a wide landscape shot to a closer view of two men standing on a rocky shoreline near the water's edge, dressed in period-appropriate clothing. The atmosphere is nostalgic and serene, capturing a moment of early 20th-century outdoor recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610460

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.

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 (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: Fills 1930s Pacific Northwest outdoor recreation slots in documentaries, regional history productions, or pre-war American leisure retrospectives needing an authentic 8mm landscape-to-shoreline sequence.
Period detail: The 8mm format, faded teal-green color palette, and overcast light are consistent with late 1930s amateur filmmaking; clothing on the shoreline figures is too small to resolve specific period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera sweeps a scenic lake-and-mountain panorama before closing in on companions on the rocky shore — an unscripted holiday memory-capture typical of civilian 8mm trips.
What appears in frame: Forested mountain ridgeline, calm lake surface, overcast pale sky, dark conifer treeline, rocky shoreline, small figures near the water, visible film scratches, and faded teal color cast.
Film character: Faded teal-green color shift, visible grain and surface scratches, edge vignetting, and uneven exposure between landscape and shoreline frames give the clip an authentic 1930s home-movie texture.
Edit role: Three wide landscape frames work as geographic establishing shots or scenic inserts; the final underexposed shoreline frame functions as a human-presence cutaway or nostalgic memory beat.
Historical context: Lake Chelan was a summer recreation destination in Washington State by the 1930s, reachable by rail; the scene reflects middle-class outdoor leisure culture of the pre-war Pacific Northwest.
Research note: People are visible in the final frame; likeness rights cannot be assumed cleared. Copyright in the scan may rest with the digitising party — verify chain of title before broadcast or commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may query 1930s Pacific Northwest lake, Washington State mountain landscape 8mm, vintage American outdoor recreation, Cascade Mountains archival home movie, or pre-war lakeside footage.
Archive pairing path: Best paired first with other frames from the same reel, then with 1930s Washington State or Pacific Northwest lake-and-mountain footage, then with pre-WWII American outdoor recreation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1930s 8mm home movie wide shot of Lake Chelan area, Washington, showing a forested mountain ridgeline above calm lake water under a pale overcast sky. — Wide lake and mountain landscape, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939.

Archival 8mm shot of the Lake Chelan area, Washington, showing a mountain ridgeline and calm lake surface with slight reframing and dark vignetting on the left edge. — Mountain and lake landscape, continued pan, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939.

Archival 8mm home movie of the Lake Chelan area showing mountain slopes and lake with visible film scratches and a conifer treeline emerging at the right edge. — Mountain lake view with film scratches, Chelan area, circa 1939.

Archival 8mm home movie showing small figures on a rocky lakeshore near Lake Chelan, Washington, with dense conifer forest behind; faces not clearly discernible at this scale. — Figures on rocky lakeshore with conifer forest behind, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939.

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