Chelan Washington-1939: Sunlit Forest View With Tall Trees And Bushes

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationChelan, Washington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Chelan Washington

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Sunlit Forest View With Tall Trees And Bushes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet, sun-drenched wooded area in Chelan, Washington. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a dense forest of tall evergreen trees and scattered bushes, with natural light filtering through the canopy. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, immersive view of the natural landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—visible grain, slight flicker, and subtle edge damage—adding to its authentic, nostalgic charm. This archival footage evokes a sense of timelessness and serves as a rare glimpse into mid-20th century American nature scenes.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127496171

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: 1930s 8mm Washington nature footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a quiet wooded landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image and wooded rural setting are consistent with the supplied 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The static, observant framing gives the scene the feel of a family camera paused on the landscape rather than a staged nature study.
What appears in frame: Frames show tall evergreens, dense pale bushes, low undergrowth, open sky, a narrow dark post or trunk, and soft sunlight across the brush.
Film character: Visible grain, flicker, vertical scratches, soft focus, and contact-sheet edge bars give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a calm establishing insert, seasonal transition, rural memory beat, or visual pause between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a wooded Chelan-area landscape in the late 1930s without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifying landmarks.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location/date claims should still be verified against source records.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Chelan Washington woods, 8mm forest home movie, black-and-white evergreen landscape, or rural nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader Washington forest or rural nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington 8mm frame showing tall trees beyond dense light-toned bushes and undergrowth. — A steady home-movie view looks across brush toward tall trees in a wooded Chelan landscape.

1939 Chelan, Washington frame with sunlit bushes, evergreen trees, and a slender dark vertical post or tree trunk. — Bright brush fills the foreground with taller trees behind and a narrow dark vertical element near the right side.

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing dense pale shrubs, low ground cover, and trees beyond. — The camera holds on dense brush and low vegetation with taller trees soft in the background.

1939 Chelan, Washington frame showing bright foreground bushes, tall background trees, and visible 8mm film wear. — A final wooded view shows bright foreground shrubs against a line of taller trees.

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