Chelan Washington USA-1939: Wooden Dock And Forested Lake With Industrial Tank

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

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Wooden Dock And Forested Lake With Industrial Tank — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, showing a rustic wooden dock and pier structure along a forested lakeshore. The clip captures a serene natural setting with dense evergreen trees and calm water, viewed through a window frame with visible film grain and scratches. A large cylindrical metal tank or barrel is prominent in the foreground, suggesting a logging or industrial operation. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic quality with muted colors and natural lighting, typical of mid-20th century amateur film. The scene conveys a quiet moment of rural life and transportation infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest during the late 1930s.

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: 122610487

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 a 1930s Pacific Northwest documentary or period drama needing an authentic pre-war mountain lake landscape from genuine 8mm amateur color film.
Period detail: Muted teal color palette and visible horizontal scratches are consistent with late-1930s 8mm amateur stock; mountain lake setting may show Lake Chelan, Washington, per supporting metadata.
Home-movie behavior: One frame captures a family member turning the camera on another person mid-filming the lake—a reflexive self-documentary moment characteristic of home-movie reels.
What appears in frame: Forested mountain ridgeline, calm lake surface, dark window-frame vignette, film scratches and grain, overexposed transition frame, adult male in wide-brimmed hat, handheld camera, blue sky with cumulus clouds.
Film character: Muted teal-green palette, visible horizontal scratches, film grain, and one severely overexposed frame give the footage the aged physical texture expected of 8mm stock approaching 90 years old.
Edit role: Works as an establishing wide for a Pacific Northwest landscape sequence, or as a reflexive cutaway showing a period amateur filmmaker caught mid-shot.
Historical context: Lake Chelan was a documented Pacific Northwest resort destination by the 1930s; wider adoption of 8mm color film by amateur family filmmakers expanded through the mid-to-late decade.
Research note: One frame shows an adult male whose face is partially visible; the supplied rights metadata incorrectly flags no people present—this discrepancy requires human review before editorial or commercial use.
Research search match: 1930s Pacific Northwest lake landscape, pre-war amateur 8mm color film, Washington State mountain lake, late 1930s home movie outdoor scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 1939 Chelan reel, then with Pacific Northwest lake landscape footage from the same decade, then with pre-war 8mm amateur mountain scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

Late-1930s 8mm home movie frame showing a pale mountain lake and forested slopes, possibly Lake Chelan, Washington, with visible film scratches. — Mountain lake and forested ridgeline, possibly Lake Chelan, Washington, c.1939.

Late-1930s 8mm footage of dense forested mountain slopes above calm lake water, possibly Lake Chelan, Washington, with subtle film grain. — Forested mountain slopes above calm lake water, possibly Lake Chelan, c.1939.

Heavily overexposed or degraded 8mm film frame showing a faint mountain and lake silhouette; likely a transition or damaged section of the reel. — Overexposed film frame, probable transition or film damage, c.1939.

Adult male in wide-brimmed hat aiming a handheld camera toward the viewer, standing among Pacific Northwest evergreens under a blue sky with cumulus clouds, c.1939 8mm footage. — Man with camera among evergreen trees, possibly Lake Chelan area, Washington, c.1939.

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