Chelan Washington-1939: Rugged Mountain Terrain with Evergreen Trees

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

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Rugged Mountain Terrain with Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures sweeping views of rugged mountain terrain in Chelan, Washington. The footage, framed by the dark border of a film projector, shows steep rocky slopes dotted with evergreen trees under a bright blue sky. The camera pans across the landscape, revealing natural trails winding through the hills, evoking a sense of adventure and exploration. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural imperfections, offering authentic archival footage of the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127496739

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Pacific Northwest travel, wilderness, hiking, or regional landscape sequences needing real 8mm home-movie mountain views.
Period detail: The 1939 date and 8mm source are supported by metadata, while the visible frames mainly show rocky slopes, evergreens, blue sky, and film-gate borders.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on rugged terrain as if recording a scenic route or anticipated mountain outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steep rock faces, evergreen trees, pale dirt paths, distant ridgelines, blue sky, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, faded color, projector-like framing, slight blur, and uneven exposure that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or environmental insert for mountain recreation context.
Historical context: The frames document a non-urban mountain landscape around Chelan, showing recreation-oriented scenery without visible people, vehicles, signs, or buildings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be checked against source records.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 8mm Chelan Washington mountains, vintage Pacific Northwest hiking trail, and home movie rocky wilderness footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader vintage mountain trail and Pacific Northwest nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington 8mm frame showing a rugged rocky slope with evergreens and pale trail-like ground. — Rocky mountainside and scattered evergreens in a visitor-shot landscape view.

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie view of steep rock walls, wooded slopes, and clear blue sky. — Steep rock formations and evergreens frame a bright mountain view.

Faded 8mm view of a Chelan-area mountainside with layered rock, sparse trees, and pale open ground. — Layered rock and sparse trees appear in a soft, faded mountain frame.

1939 Chelan, Washington frame with a distant rocky hillside, evergreen patches, and a pale winding path or open slope. — A distant hillside shows pale rock, evergreens, and a winding trail-like line.

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