Chelan Washington-1939: View Of Mountainous Forest With Bushes Rocks And Trees

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

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View Of Mountainous Forest With Bushes Rocks And Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a misty mountain peak rising above a dense evergreen forest in Chelan, Washington. The view is framed by dark pine trees in the foreground, with low-hanging clouds or fog swirling around the mountain's midsection. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural film imperfections, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The final frames focus on rugged, moss-covered rocks, suggesting a closer perspective on the forest floor. This authentic 1930s nature footage is ideal for historical documentaries, vintage travel montages, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497720

Rights & Clearance

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 (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: 1930s 8mm home-movie nature footage suited to documentary requests for Chelan, Washington mountain forest atmosphere and travel-era landscape cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1930s amateur travel view, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to further date the scene beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records an unstaged visitor's attention to mountain scenery, shifting from distant evergreen slopes to rocks and a fallen log on the forest floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a misty mountain peak, dark evergreen trees, forested slopes, rocky ground, mossy stones, and a weathered fallen log.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, faded color, heavy grain, gate borders, and brief handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, regional nature cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition from broad mountain views to forest-floor detail.
Historical context: The clip places a home-movie camera in a Pacific Northwest mountain setting, emphasizing recreational landscape viewing rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use concerns separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Chelan Washington mountains, vintage home movie evergreen forest, misty mountain landscape, and rocky forest floor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader Pacific Northwest mountain, forest, and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie view of a misty mountain peak rising behind evergreen forest and dark foreground trees. — A soft 8mm view of a mountain peak with low mist and evergreen trees in the foreground.

Chelan, Washington mountain forest scene with evergreen trees in front of a clouded peak, seen in faded 1939 8mm color. — Evergreen trees frame a cloud-brushed mountain slope in the distance.

Close 1939 home-movie view of rocky ground in a Chelan forest setting, with stones, small plants, and uneven earth. — The camera drops to a closer view of scattered rocks and forest-floor brush.

Chelan forest-floor detail from 1939 8mm footage, showing a weathered fallen log, mossy rocks, and shaded ground. — A weathered fallen log lies beside mossy rocks and shaded forest debris.

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