Chelan Washington-1939: Waterfall Cascading over Dark Rocks

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

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Waterfall Cascading over Dark Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a cascading waterfall tumbling over dark, rugged rocks in Chelan, Washington. The water flows with natural motion, its white froth contrasting against the shadowed, textured stone. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is set on a clear, sunny day, with sunlight highlighting the water's movement and the rocky terrain. This authentic slice of mid-20th century Americana offers a serene, timeless view of nature's power and beauty.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497598

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 8mm nature footage for documentary, museum, or educational edits needing a brief Chelan, Washington waterfall view.
Period detail: The frames show only natural rock and falling water, so the 1939 date and Chelan location are supported by clip metadata rather than visible period markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a scenic waterfall from several nearby angles without staging or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible details include white falling water, dark rugged rock walls, shadowed crevices, wet stone, bright highlights, and soft edge vignetting.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition between outdoor scenes, or brief atmospheric pause.
Historical context: The footage places a Pacific Northwest landscape view within a late-1930s home-movie record, without visible roads, buildings, or visitors.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review source copyright and any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm waterfall footage, Chelan Washington home movie, vintage Pacific Northwest rocks and water, and 1930s scenic nature clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Chelan scenes, then with 1939 Washington travel footage, then with vintage waterfall or rocky landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington 8mm frame showing a narrow waterfall descending between dark, shadowed rocks. — A narrow cascade drops through black rock in a visitor-shot scenic view.

Close 8mm view of the waterfall in Chelan, Washington, with bright water against dark rock texture. — White water streams down a rugged rock face in close view.

Vertical waterfall segment beside layered rock, from the 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage. — A tall bright band of water falls beside layered, shadowed rock.

Foamy water moves across dark rocks in the Chelan waterfall footage, with a visible orange film artifact along the right edge. — Foamy water spreads over dark rocks near the base of the cascade.

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