Chelan Washington USA-1939: Man Laughing on Floor with Cigarette

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

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Man Laughing on Floor with Cigarette — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan, Washington, USA, in 1939, showing a man in a dark sweater and collared shirt lying on a wood floor, laughing and smoking a cigarette. The grainy black-and-white film captures candid moments of playful horseplay and drinking in a dimly lit indoor setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible film grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century social recreation and informal gatherings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610820

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary and social history productions needing candid 1930s American male socializing in an intimate indoor setting.
Period detail: Collared shirt and sweater visible on subjects, plus wood-plank flooring and dim interior lighting, suggest a late-1930s domestic or tavern environment; dated 1939 per original metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged roughhousing and floor-level action capture the kind of uninhibited male camaraderie rarely documented in professional productions of the era.
What appears in frame: Man crouching on wood-plank floor with cigarette; second man lying on floor in overhead shot; close-up of hand reaching toward floor near a dark circular object; glass bottles visible on a shelf in the final frame.
Film character: Heavy 8mm grain, pronounced edge vignetting, fluctuating exposure, and soft focus contribute a tactile late-1930s home-movie texture throughout.
Edit role: Functions as a candid social insert or memory cutaway in pre-war American life documentaries; the floor-level angles give editors an unconventional point-of-view cut.
Historical context: Candid indoor leisure footage from this period is uncommon in non-professional film; the visible drinking vessels and informal horseplay provide social texture for pre-WWII Pacific Northwest everyday life.
Research note: Adult faces are identifiable across multiple frames; likeness rights require assessment before commercial use; private interior setting is visible — consult rights holder; copyright status should be independently verified.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via queries such as '1930s men drinking indoor black and white,' 'pre-war home movie leisure candid,' or 'vintage 8mm Pacific Northwest social gathering.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Chelan, Washington 1939 reel; then with 1930s Pacific Northwest domestic interiors; then with pre-war male leisure or home-movie party scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man crouching on wood-plank floor with cigarette near mouth, another figure visible behind him; 8mm home movie footage, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939. — Man crouching on wood floor, cigarette visible, 1939.

Overhead shot of man lying on wood floor with relaxed or laughing expression; 8mm home movie, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939. — Man lying on floor, overhead view, 1939.

Low-angle close-up of hand reaching toward wood-plank floor; dark circular object on floor nearby; 8mm home movie footage, circa 1939. — Hand reaching to wood floor, circular object nearby, 1939.

Man in dark sweater hunched forward in dim interior; two glass bottles visible on a shelf at right; 8mm home movie, Chelan, Washington, circa 1939. — Man hunched over, glass bottles on shelf at right, 1939.

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