Chelan Washington-1939: Hunters Stacking Deer In The Forest With Tree Stumps

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

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Hunters Stacking Deer In The Forest With Tree Stumps — Clip Details

CHELAN WASHINGTON-1939: Hunters in red shirts and hats process two deer in a forest clearing, lifting them onto a wooden platform. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the men handling the animals amidst tree stumps and scattered foliage. The scene reflects a rural hunting expedition from the late 1930s, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of vintage home movie footage. The men wear practical work clothes, and the setting suggests a remote woodland area. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into mid-century hunting practices and outdoor life.

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: 127497132

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington hunting footage suited to documentary or educational sequences on rural outdoor life, deer hunting, and amateur travel or family-film records.
Period detail: The red wool-style shirts, brimmed hunting hats, 8mm color stock, rough wooden platform, and stump-filled clearing may show late-1930s outdoor work clothing and camp practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes hunters handling deer in a practical, unstaged way, with brief views of lifting, dragging, and arranging animals after a hunt.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two deer, hunters in red shirts and hats, a wooden platform, tree stumps, cut logs, scattered branches, grass, and a forest clearing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, rounded frame edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for hunting, rural camp life, outdoor labor, or period recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows men processing deer in a wooded clearing, offering visual context for recreational hunting and rural outdoor routines without proving a specific event.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be partly identifiable, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm hunting footage, Chelan Washington deer hunt, vintage home movie hunters, and forest camp deer processing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then broader 1930s hunting, camping, and rural outdoor-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chelan, Washington home-movie footage from 1939, a dead deer lies on a rough wooden platform beside branches and ground debris. — A deer lies on a rough platform in a wooded clearing.

A dead deer lies on grass in a stump-filled clearing, with loose branches and rocks visible around the animal. — A deer rests on the ground among branches and clearing debris.

Hunters in red shirts and hats handle a deer near a rough platform in Chelan, Washington footage dated 1939. — Hunters lift and reposition a deer beside the platform.

Two hunters in red shirts handle a deer in a wooded clearing, with cut logs, stumps, and scattered debris in the background. — Hunters move a deer across the clearing near logs and stumps.

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