Chelan Washington-1939: Lake Surrounded by Snow-Capped and Green Mountains

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

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Lake Surrounded by Snow-Capped and Green Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake view from a moving vehicle or boat, framed by a window. Snow-capped and green mountains rise in the distance under a cloudy sky, with the turquoise water reflecting the overcast light. The footage shows natural motion and subtle camera shake, with visible film grain, scratches, and dust, preserving the authentic look of a mid-20th century amateur recording. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic journey through the natural beauty of Chelan, Washington.

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: 127498196

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie lake and mountain scenery for documentary inserts, regional travel context, or atmospheric archival transitions.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1939 amateur travel view, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or built details to date the scene beyond the supplied film metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged traveler perspective, likely filmed through a window or from a moving boat as the lake and mountain shoreline pass by.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise lake water, dark wooded shoreline, green mountain slopes, snow or pale rock on peaks, cloudy sky, window framing, and film edge shadows.
Film character: Soft focus, slight camera shake, uneven exposure, dust, scratches, and frame-edge darkness give the scanned 8mm footage its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, travel transition, quiet memory beat, or establishing insert for Chelan-area lake and mountain material.
Historical context: The footage visually supports a leisure-travel or scenic-view context in Washington, while the frames themselves show landscape rather than identifiable social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Lake Chelan scenery, Washington mountain lake home movie, cloudy alpine lake footage, and vintage travel landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Chelan or 1939 Washington footage, then with broader vintage lake and mountain travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing a cloudy lake and distant mountain slopes through dark window framing. — Clouds hang over a pale mountain ridge beyond the lake, seen through a dark window edge.

Chelan, Washington lake scenery with green mountain slopes and overcast sky, captured on 1939 8mm home-movie film. — Layered green mountains rise behind the lake under soft cloud cover.

1939 home-movie view of Lake Chelan area water, a dark shoreline, and hazy green mountains beneath overcast clouds. — The lake fills the lower frame while a dark shoreline cuts across the base of the mountains.

Chelan, Washington 8mm frame showing a wooded lakeside slope, turquoise water, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. — A dark wooded slope borders the lake, with layered mountain ridges fading into cloud.

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