Chelan Washington-1939: Man Smoking with Mountain Views

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

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Man Smoking with Mountain Views — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a hat smoking a cigarette, viewed through a window frame, with a scenic mountain landscape in the background. The footage transitions to sweeping views of rugged, forested slopes and rocky terrain, showcasing the natural beauty of Chelan, Washington. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of outdoor travel and nature, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127496712

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for edits needing a traveler figure and scenic mountain views around Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The man's hat, eyeglasses, open-collar shirt and cigarette may show late-1930s travel attire, supported by the 1939 clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation-film feel, moving from a close view of a smoking man to scenic mountain views filmed from a visitor's perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a red hat, eyeglasses, cigarette, window or vehicle framing, rocky mountain slopes, evergreen trees and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, frame edges and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief character insert, travel-memory beat, scenic transition or cutaway from people to mountain landscape.
Historical context: The footage records leisure travel and sightseeing in a mountainous Washington setting without supporting a specific landmark identification beyond Chelan metadata.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and location or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 8mm Chelan Washington mountains, vintage home movie man smoking, and 1930s scenic travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader 1930s mountain travel and home-movie scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame, a man in a red hat and eyeglasses smokes beside a framed mountain view. — A smoking man appears close to the camera with rugged mountain scenery behind him.

Rugged mountain terrain near Chelan, Washington appears through dark vertical framing in a 1939 8mm home-movie view. — A rocky, forested mountain slope fills the scenic view.

A soft 8mm view shows a pale rocky mountain face with scattered trees in the Chelan, Washington travel footage. — The camera looks toward a hazy mountain face with patches of trees.

The final 1939 Chelan frame shows a rocky hillside dotted with evergreens and a ridgeline under clear daylight. — Evergreen trees and rocky terrain cover the hillside beneath a clear sky.

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