Chelan Washington-1939: Men Load Crates Beside Speedway Train

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

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Men Load Crates Beside Speedway Train — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of men loading and unloading wooden crates and packages near a small train carriage in a mountainous area of Chelan, Washington. Men in hats and work clothes handle the cargo on a gravel platform, with a sign reading 'SPEEDWAY' visible on the train. The footage shows the daily labor of transporting goods in a rural, early 20th-century setting, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century transportation and commerce.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127498139

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: Yes
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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing rural Washington transport labor, small rail or bus-side cargo handling, and Depression-era travel infrastructure atmosphere.
Period detail: Men's hats, work coats, wooden crates, gravel platform, and a small carriage or motor coach may show late-1930s rural transport and freight handling details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes routine loading activity from a nearby platform, preserving an unstaged glimpse of men moving parcels beside a vehicle in mountain terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in hats, wooden crates and parcels, a small carriage or coach, gravel ground, upright posts, distant slopes, and a sign that appears to read SPEEDWAY.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that give the clip a direct home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for freight handling, rural travel, station activity, or working life in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday movement of goods and people in a mountainous rural setting, without enough visible evidence to identify the route, company, or exact facility.
Research note: People and a visible sign or brand require likeness and trademark review; copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy, publicity, and property considerations.
Research search match: Search match for 1939 8mm Chelan Washington freight loading, men carrying packages near train carriage, rural transport home movie, wooden crates station platform.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader clips of rural transport, station platforms, cargo handling, and home-movie travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing men in hats near crates and parcels beside a small carriage or coach. — Men gather and handle crates beside a small carriage in a mountainous setting.

Men move among wooden boxes and parcels beside a small carriage, with a sign that appears to read SPEEDWAY in the background. — Packages and wooden crates sit along the platform as men work beside the carriage.

Home-movie frame from Chelan showing a man carrying cargo past wooden crates and parcels beside a small carriage or coach. — A worker carries cargo past boxes and parcels on the gravel platform.

Men in hats stand around wooden crates and parcels beside a small carriage in 1939 Chelan, Washington footage. — Men pause around freight and luggage beside the carriage near the end of the clip.

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