Chelan Washington-1939: Man in Red Hat Preparing Fish by River

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

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Man in Red Hat Preparing Fish by River — Clip Details

A man in a red hat and red blouse stands in a shallow river in Chelan, Washington, in 1939, preparing a fish. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures him handling the fish near the water's edge, surrounded by dense trees. The footage has a grainy, vintage quality with a blue-purple color cast, typical of home movies from the era. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of outdoor recreation.

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: 127496893

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 documentary or museum sequences about outdoor recreation, fishing, and riverside leisure in Washington State.
Period detail: The clothing, small-gauge color film, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in late-1930s home-movie practice, though no landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged riverside moment, with a man handling a catch at the water's edge while the camera observes from a short distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in red clothing, a shallow moving river, dark trees, a pale fish or object in hand, rocks along the bank, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows dense grain, soft focus, handheld framing, high contrast, and a blue-purple color cast that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for fishing, outdoor travel, family recreation, or regional home-movie storytelling.
Historical context: The clip shows recreational fish preparation in a wooded riverside setting, offering social detail without identifying the individual or exact river location.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from any privacy or publicity analysis.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 8mm fishing footage, Chelan Washington home movie, man cleaning fish by river, and vintage outdoor recreation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader fishing, river, and outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1939 Chelan, Washington footage, a man in red clothing stands at a wooded river edge holding a pale object. — Man in red clothing handles a fish or pale object beside the shallow river.

A man in red clothing stands at a wooded riverbank in Chelan, Washington, raising one arm while handling a fish or object. — The man raises one arm while standing in the moving water near the bank.

The man extends his arm over the shallow river, with trees and bank vegetation behind him in the 1939 Chelan home movie. — A riverside gesture is captured as the man works near the water's edge.

A heavily underexposed 8mm frame shows the man faintly at the riverside, with the waterline and red clothing still visible. — The final frame becomes dark and grainy as the man remains near the river.

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