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Chelan Washington-1939: A Female Tourist On A Boat Observing The Scenic Lake And Mountains

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

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A Female Tourist On A Boat Observing The Scenic Lake And... — Clip Details

A woman in a dark suit and light scarf smiles while wearing round sunglasses on a boat in Chelan, Washington, in 1939. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her observing the scenic lake and surrounding mountains. The vintage color palette shows faded blues and greens, with natural light reflecting off the water. The clip includes close-ups of her face and wider views of the landscape, conveying a sense of leisure and nostalgia from a classic American vacation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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
127496642

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

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

  • tourist
  • boat
  • woman
  • man
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  • male
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  • 1939
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  • historic travel footage
  • retro travel memories
  • 1930s family vacation
  • American nostalgia
  • vintage documentary footage
  • 8mm film archive
  • scenic mountain lake
  • 1930s fashion
  • vintage travel film
  • 8mm home movie footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a Chelan, Washington lake-vacation scene with tourists, boat travel, and mountain scenery.
Period detail
The woman's round sunglasses, scarf, dark suit, and faded color 8mm stock support a late-1930s leisure-travel reading without identifying a specific vessel or landmark.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has unstaged vacation behavior, with a woman smiling toward the camera from a boat and the camera turning to nearby lake and mountain views.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a female tourist, round sunglasses, light scarf, boat-side water, lake surface, wooded slopes, distant mountains, and heavy film frame borders.
Film character
The footage shows soft focus, handheld framing, faded blue-green color, visible grain, scratches, and uneven exposure typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, travel-memory beat, scenic cutaway, or transition between personal vacation footage and Pacific Northwest landscape context.
Historical context
The scenes show recreational boat travel and sightseeing in Chelan, Washington, reflecting personal tourism rather than a documented public event.
Research note
Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from depicted-person rights.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1930s 8mm Chelan Washington lake vacation, woman tourist on boat, vintage Pacific Northwest mountain lake, and home movie sightseeing footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Chelan or Washington footage from 1939, then broader 1930s lake tourism and home-movie vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chelan, Washington, a woman in round sunglasses and a light scarf smiles toward the camera from a boat, with bright lake water behind her.
Female tourist smiling on a boat with lake water in the background.
Close-up of the female tourist smiling beside the lake in Chelan, Washington, with soft focus and faded color from 8mm film.
Close-up of the woman smiling with water and distant shore behind her.
A wooded mountain slope rises above the lake near Chelan, Washington, captured in faded blue-green 8mm color.
Wooded mountain slope viewed from the lake.
Distant mountains across Lake Chelan under a pale sky, with faded color and visible film wear from the 8mm scan.
Distant mountain ridges across the lake.

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