Chelan Washington-1939: Person Wearing Yellow Jacket Rides Small White Boat on Lake

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

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Person Wearing Yellow Jacket Rides Small White Boat on Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a small white motorboat gliding across a calm lake in Chelan, Washington. A person wearing a bright yellow jacket rides in the boat, creating a vivid contrast against the blue water and the forested mountain backdrop. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. The scene unfolds on a clear day, with the boat moving steadily across the lake, leaving a gentle wake behind. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted moments of outdoor recreation from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497039

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Pacific Northwest recreation requests needing authentic home-movie lake boating, mountain scenery, or quiet outdoor leisure inserts.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, color 8mm texture, and casual lake recreation may show late-1930s vacation footage consistent with the Chelan, Washington metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, observing a distant rider in a small boat crossing the lake rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, a person in yellow, lake water, boat wake, forested shoreline, steep mountains, haze, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus, mild exposure shifts, motion blur, and contact-frame borders that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, recreation insert, or transition into Pacific Northwest lake and mountain material.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure boating on a mountain lake, offering visual context for outdoor recreation and family travel in prewar American home movies.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, private property, or brands are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm Lake Chelan boating, vintage Washington lake recreation, small motorboat home movie, and mountain lake vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1939 Chelan or Washington footage, then broader vintage lake boating and mountain recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small white motorboat moves across Lake Chelan, Washington, with forested mountains in the background in 1939 8mm footage. — A distant motorboat travels across the lake beneath a steep mountain shoreline.

The motorboat continues across the Lake Chelan water, seen through soft 8mm grain with mountains and shoreline behind it. — The boat leaves a short wake while moving across the open lake.

A small white boat with a visible rider passes along Lake Chelan, framed by water, shoreline trees, and hazy mountains. — The rider and boat sit low in the frame against a broad mountain lake view.

The boat appears closer in the 1939 Chelan footage, with a rider in yellow visible against the lake and mountain shoreline. — A rider in yellow is visible as the small boat crosses the water.

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