Chelan Washington-1939: Two People Row Across Sunlit Water

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

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Two People Row Across Sunlit Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two individuals in a rowboat gliding across a sunlit body of water in Chelan, Washington. The black-and-white footage shows one person paddling while the other sits calmly, both wearing hats and period-appropriate clothing. Sunlight sparkles on the water's surface, creating a shimmering effect, while the boat moves past a tree-lined shore. The film exhibits natural grain, scratches, and slight motion blur, characteristic of amateur Super 8 footage from the era. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of peaceful recreation and mid-20th century Americana, ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial projects.

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: 127496388

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for productions needing small-boat recreation, lakeside leisure, or quiet travel cutaways in Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The hats, simple rowboat, and black-and-white 8mm look support the 1939 setting, though no landmark or signage is visible in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as two people sit and row casually across sunlit water while the camera observes from shore or another vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rowboat, two hat-wearing people, oars, sparkling water, a tree-lined shore, dark frame edges, and a brief blurred shoreline view.
Film character: The footage carries period 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, exposure shimmer on the water, frame-edge shadows, scratches, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a peaceful insert, recreational cutaway, lake-travel transition, or memory beat within a 1930s family or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday outdoor leisure on a body of water, with no visible commercial activity, signage, or identifiable public event in the sampled frames.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location-related permissions should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm rowboat footage, Chelan Washington lake home movie, vintage boating recreation, and black-and-white family travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader 1930s lake recreation and Pacific Northwest travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two hat-wearing people ride in a small rowboat on sunlit water in 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage. — Two people sit in a rowboat as sunlight reflects across the water.

A hat-wearing rower moves a small boat across shimmering water in Chelan, Washington, with the passenger mostly out of view. — A rower pulls an oar through bright water in the small boat.

The rowboat appears farther from the camera near a wooded shoreline in the Chelan, Washington home-movie scene. — The boat passes near the shadowed shoreline with trees behind it.

A blurred handheld view shows rippling water and shoreline vegetation as the boat scene shifts or the camera moves. — Motion blur turns the water and shoreline into a soft transitional view.

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