Chelan Washington-1939: Men Loading Crates onto Boat

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

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Men Loading Crates onto Boat — Clip Details

CHELAN WASHINGTON-1939: Men in hats and work clothes load wooden crates onto a brown boat at a lakeside dock. The scene unfolds on a clear day with mountains visible in the background, captured on vintage 8mm film. Workers handle the boxes with care, suggesting a routine transport or supply mission. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie recordings from the late 1930s. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century transportation and daily life in a rural lakeside community.

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: 127498151

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

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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: 1939 Chelan lakeside loading footage can support documentary or education requests for rural transport, dock work, and small watercraft activity in the late 1930s.
Period detail: Work clothes, brimmed hats, wooden crates, and the boxy passenger boat may show late-1930s lakeside transport practices in Chelan, Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The brief home-movie view observes workers handling crates at close range, with informal movement and no apparent staging for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in work clothes, wooden crates, a brown boat, rocky shoreline, dockside gear, lake water, and mountain slopes.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld blur that help identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway or transition for supply movement, lakeside labor, regional travel, or memory-based rural community sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for small-scale movement of goods by boat in a mountain lake setting, without identifying the business or route shown.
Research note: Faces and a possible boat sign or marking are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Researchers may look for 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm boat loading, men loading crates at a lake dock, or home-movie footage of rural water transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan 1939 lake scenes, then broader 1930s dock work, boats, crates, and supply transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chelan, Washington, 1939, men in hats and work clothes stand near wooden crates beside a brown boat at a lakeside dock. — Workers and crates are seen beside a brown boat with mountain slopes beyond the lake.

Men load or move wooden crates near a brown boat along the Chelan lakeshore, with lake water and mountains visible behind them. — Several men handle crates beside the boat during a lakeside loading scene.

Chelan lakeside workers move wooden crates beside a brown boat, with a partially legible sign or marking above the cabin area. — Workers continue moving crates along the rocky shore next to the boat.

Men in work clothes stand by crates and a brown lakeside boat in Chelan, Washington, near the end of the short loading scene. — The boat and stacked crates remain in view as workers stand along the shoreline.

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