Chelan Washington-1939: Four Men Wearing Orange Clothes Working Relaxed And Sawing Log

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

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Four Men Wearing Orange Clothes Working Relaxed And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures four men in a forested area in Chelan, Washington. Dressed in red shirts and distinctive orange hats, they work together to saw a large log, their movements relaxed and cooperative. The scene is set amidst dense green trees, with one frame showing a lone autumn-colored bush, while others reveal a misty mountain landscape under a blue-tinted sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of rural labor and outdoor life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497285

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational edits about rural outdoor work, forest recreation, or Pacific Northwest memory material.
Period detail: The men's red-orange hats and shirts, hand sawing, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1930s outdoor work or camp activity in the Chelan, Washington area.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the relaxed group labor, with men pausing, handling a log, and moving casually in a wooded setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in bright hats, a large felled log, dense trees, misty mountain forms, blue sky, forest undergrowth, and a small autumn-colored bush.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, high color saturation, and exposure shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat between forest and mountain landscape scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually places cooperative outdoor labor or recreation within a wooded landscape, without confirming occupation, land ownership, or specific event context.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm men sawing log, Chelan Washington home movie, Pacific Northwest forest work, and vintage mountain landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Chelan or Washington footage from 1939, then broader 1930s forest labor and mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Four men in bright hats and red-toned clothing work around a large log in 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage. — Men in bright outdoor clothing gather around a log in the forest.

Blue-tinted 8mm view of misty mountain shapes near Chelan, Washington, with dark tree silhouettes along the frame edge. — A blue-toned mountain view appears through silhouetted trees.

Blue-toned 1939 home-movie landscape frame showing distant mountain forms, a dark ridge, and a diagonal line across the sky. — Distant mountains and a dark ridge are seen through blue-tinted film exposure.

Wooded Chelan, Washington frame with tall trees, green undergrowth, pale rocks, and a small orange bush at the right edge. — Forest undergrowth, pale rocks, and an orange bush fill the closing view.

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