Chelan Washington-1939: Men Sharing Drinks And Meat In A Dark Room

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

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Men Sharing Drinks And Meat In A Dark Room — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a dimly lit gathering in Chelan, Washington. The grainy footage shows a group of men sharing drinks and food in a dark room, their faces partially illuminated by warm, flickering light. The low-light conditions create a moody, intimate atmosphere, with visible film grain and slight motion blur characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene conveys a sense of camaraderie and casual celebration, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century social life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127497759

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: Supports 1930s archival requests for intimate indoor social-life footage from a Washington home-movie source.
Period detail: The frames may show a dim interior gathering with low tableware or reflective items, but clothing and room details are mostly obscured by darkness.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged glimpse of adults gathered closely in a dark room, seen through a handheld home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shadowed adult figures, partial faces, a dark interior, reflective table objects, a rough foreground surface, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, low exposure, soft focus, gate-edge darkness, and handheld instability that give it strong home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, moody social cutaway, or transitional insert for prewar domestic gathering scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for casual adult socializing in Chelan, Washington, without enough detail to identify the setting or occasion.
Research note: Faces are indistinct but possibly visible, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 8mm Chelan Washington gathering, dark room home movie, men sharing drinks, and vintage social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Chelan or 1939 Washington home movies, then with indoor gatherings, food, drink, and adult social scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm Chelan footage showing a dim room with a rough foreground surface and heavy shadow obscuring most details. — A dark, grainy interior view with a rough surface dominating the left side of the frame.

Dim 1939 Chelan home-movie frame with indistinct adult figures and bright reflections near the lower edge. — Indistinct figures appear in a dark interior, with small reflective objects catching the light.

Grainy 1939 Chelan home-movie frame showing a dark gathering with partially lit adult faces and reflective table items. — Partially lit adults gather in a dark room, with reflections suggesting tableware or drinkware below.

Low-exposure 1939 Chelan 8mm frame with a central adult figure, dark surroundings, and bright table reflections. — A central figure is barely illuminated amid a dark interior and scattered reflective highlights.

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