Chelan Washington-1939: View Of Men Sawing Wood Beside A Tent In The Forest

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

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View Of Men Sawing Wood Beside A Tent In The Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a rustic campsite in the forest near Chelan, Washington. A white canvas tent stands on a rocky clearing surrounded by dense trees. Two men in period clothing work together, sawing logs and handling wood near the camp. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life and camping. The scene is framed with a dark border, typical of home movie projections.

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: 127496240

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: This clip supports 1930s documentary or educational requests for outdoor labor, camping, and rustic forest life in Washington home-movie footage.
Period detail: The canvas wall tent, hand sawing, work clothes, and 8mm home-movie framing may show late-1930s recreational camping or work around a wooded campsite.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged view of men handling logs and sawing wood beside a tent rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white canvas tent, dense trees, rocky ground, a sawhorse or work table, cut logs, long branches, and two men working in the campsite.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm texture with black frame edges, soft focus, high-contrast monochrome exposure, visible grain, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for camping, forest labor, Depression-era domestic life, or Pacific Northwest outdoor sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually places manual woodcutting and temporary shelter within a forest campsite, suggesting practical outdoor routines without establishing whether the activity is recreation or work.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, music, private interiors, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm campsite, Chelan Washington forest tent, men sawing wood home movie, 1930s outdoor labor, and vintage camping footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington material, and then broader clips of tents, camp chores, woodcutting, and forest recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white canvas tent stands in a forest clearing near Chelan, Washington, with trees, rocks, and a small work area visible in 1939 8mm footage. — Canvas tent in a wooded campsite.

The campsite remains framed through dark 8mm borders, showing a canvas tent, forest trees, rocky ground, and a small wood-handling area near Chelan, Washington. — Tent and work area in the forest clearing.

Two men in period outdoor clothing work with logs beside a canvas tent in a rocky forest campsite near Chelan, Washington, in 1939 home-movie footage. — Men working with logs beside the tent.

Two men handle wood near cut logs and long branches in the forest clearing, with dense trees and the campsite setting visible in 1939 Chelan, Washington footage. — Men handling wood in the campsite clearing.

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