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Chelan Washington-1939: Boats Traveling Through Wide Open Lake And Mountains

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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Boats Traveling Through Wide Open Lake And Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake landscape in Chelan, Washington. The view, framed by dark borders, shows a wide expanse of water with small boats gliding across the surface. In the background, forested mountains rise under a bright sky, their slopes dotted with evergreen trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century travel memory. The scene transitions from a distant shoreline to a closer view of rugged, rocky terrain, offering a glimpse into a quiet, natural setting from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127496841

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

  • ships
  • lake
  • mountains
  • canyon
  • water
  • boats
  • traveling
  • wide
  • open
  • surrounding
  • landscape
  • scenery
  • nature
  • chelan washington
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Chelan Washington lake
  • boats on lake
  • mountain landscape
  • Super 8 home movie
  • 1930s travel footage
  • archival nature footage
  • old film grain
  • scenic lake view
  • historic 8mm
  • classic American landscape
  • retro travel clip
  • vintage documentary footage
  • nostalgic 1930s
  • wide open water
  • forested hills
  • old film footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s Pacific Northwest travel, lake recreation, and mountain landscape edits needing real 8mm home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail
The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and small boats on a broad mountain lake, with the 1939 Chelan setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering across water and shoreline scenery without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame
The frames show a wide lake, small boats, dark film-frame borders, forested slopes, distant shoreline, rocky mountainside, and bright outdoor light.
Film character
Soft 8mm grain, slight color shift, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and handheld instability give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a scenic insert, travel-memory transition, establishing cutaway, or quiet nature beat within a 1930s Washington sequence.
Historical context
The clip visually records leisure travel or sightseeing around a mountain lake setting before modern shoreline development is evident in these frames.
Research note
No people, logos, brands, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any property issues separately.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1939 8mm Chelan lake boats, vintage Washington mountain lake footage, and home movie Pacific Northwest scenery.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader lake, boat, mountain, and canyon landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing a broad lake, small boat, distant shoreline, and evergreen-covered slopes.
Small boat crosses a wide lake beneath forested mountains near Chelan.
1939 Chelan, Washington frame of lake water and a distant forested shoreline viewed through visible 8mm gate borders.
Distant shoreline and evergreen slopes across the lake.
Chelan home-movie frame from 1939 showing a small boat on open water below a pale rocky shoreline and wooded slope.
Boat moves across open water below a rocky forested shoreline.
1939 Chelan, Washington frame with a closer view of rugged rock formations and sparse trees on a steep mountain slope.
Rocky mountainside and scattered evergreens seen from a distance.

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