Chelan Washington-1939: Lumberjack Men Pause For Rest And Talk During Work

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

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Lumberjack Men Pause For Rest And Talk During Work — Clip Details

CHELAN WASHINGTON-1939: Lumberjacks in red hats and suspenders pause for a break in a dense forest, talking and resting on a rocky clearing. The men, dressed in work clothes and plaid shirts, gather around a large log, their conversation captured in grainy 8mm film. The scene shows them both seated and walking along a dirt path, surrounded by tall trees and natural debris. This vintage home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century logging life, with authentic film grain and color fading typical of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497175

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Supports requests for late-1930s Washington logging or lumber camp work scenes for documentary, museum, education, or period-context edits.
Period detail: Red work hats, suspenders, plaid shirts, felled timber, rocky roads, and dense forest may show practical logging attire and field conditions of the era.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause: workers sit, talk, glance at the camera, and walk a rough road during a break in outdoor labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in red hats, suspenders, plaid shirts, a large cut log, forest trees, rocky ground, debris, and a rough dirt road.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor-history cutaway, transition between logging scenes, or memory beat for working men outdoors.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a small group of male workers in a forest logging setting near Chelan, without proving employer, worksite, or event details.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and source-film review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm logging footage, Chelan Washington lumberjacks, vintage forest workers, and home movie timber work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel logging shots, then other Chelan 1939 material, then broader 1930s forest labor and lumberjack themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chelan, Washington 1939 home-movie footage, lumberjack men in red hats rest in a wooded work area beside timber and debris. — Workers in red hats pause among trees and cut timber in a rocky forest clearing.

Chelan, Washington 1939 footage shows four lumberjack men in red hats sitting together during a forest work break. — A small group of workers sits together, with one man looking toward the camera.

Two workers in hats and suspenders walk along a rough forest road in Chelan, Washington 1939 home-movie footage. — Two workers walk down a rocky road through the wooded logging area.

A group of lumberjack men gathers beside a large felled log in Chelan, Washington 1939 footage, with dense trees behind them. — Workers gather beside a large cut log at the edge of the forest clearing.

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