Chelan Washington USA-1939: Scenes Of Crane In Mountain Forest And People Working

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

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Scenes Of Crane In Mountain Forest And People Working — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939 captures a rugged outdoor scene. Three men in period attire—wearing hats and heavy coats—work amidst a rocky riverbed, handling tools and debris. The setting shifts to a forested mountain landscape where a large crane stands against a backdrop of dense evergreen trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic, historical atmosphere of early 20th-century industrial activity in a remote natural environment.

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: 122610476

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 pre-WWII Pacific Northwest industrial documentary needs, covering 1930s outdoor labor and crane operations in a remote mountain setting.
Period detail: Period work clothing including heavy coats and hats, combined with 8mm color stock showing blue-shifted dye fading, is consistent with late 1930s amateur film; no specific landmarks confirmed.
Home-movie behavior: Close handheld shots of workers handling materials and debris suggest a personal record of a work site, likely filmed by a participant or site visitor rather than a professional crew.
What appears in frame: Rocky riverbed with rounded boulders, three male workers in heavy coats and hats, corrugated metal sheeting, wooden timber, a tall lattice crane or derrick, dense Pacific Northwest evergreen forest, small yellow outbuilding, and open sky.
Film character: Heavy 8mm grain and a pronounced bluish color-shift from dye fading mark the close-up frames, while the wider mountain shots retain warmer natural exposure, together giving the clip an authentic pre-war home-movie texture.
Edit role: Functions as a cutaway insert establishing 1930s industrial labor context, or a transition cut from close human activity to a wide landscape shot revealing the crane against mountain forest.
Historical context: The crane and corrugated structures in a remote forested valley suggest infrastructure or resource-extraction work consistent with Depression-era development in the Pacific Northwest, though the specific project is unidentified.
Research note: Adult faces are clearly visible in frames 0 and 1; subjects appear to be workers filmed without staged awareness; no logos or brand markings identified; standard archival likeness review is recommended before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1930s Pacific Northwest construction footage, pre-war labor scenes on 8mm, mountain crane operation, or Depression-era outdoor workers in the American Northwest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Chelan 1939 source reel; then with Pacific Northwest construction or logging footage from the same decade; then with Depression-era outdoor labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three male workers in period work coats handle material in a rocky riverbed, likely Chelan area, Washington, circa 1939 — Workers on a rocky riverbed, ca. 1939, Chelan, Washington

Workers in heavy coats and hats maneuver corrugated metal material at a rocky outdoor work site, circa 1939 — Workers handling corrugated metal sheeting at a rocky site, ca. 1939

A tall lattice crane or derrick stands against a dense conifer-covered mountainside, consistent with a remote 1930s Pacific Northwest construction site — Crane against mountain forest, ca. 1939, Chelan area, Washington

A lattice steel crane or derrick rises beside a small yellow outbuilding, set against a steep forested mountain ridge, ca. 1939, Washington state — Industrial crane and outbuilding in mountain forest, ca. 1939

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