Chelan Washington-1939: Man Filming The Mountainous Landscape Around Him And A

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

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Man Filming The Mountainous Landscape Around Him And A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man filming a mountainous lakeside landscape in Chelan, Washington. The footage shows a man in a fedora and dark coat aiming a camera at the scenic view, with a wooden dock and evergreen trees visible along the shore. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and slight color fading, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The sequence alternates between wide shots of the lake and mountains and the man’s focused act of filming, offering a rare glimpse into early 20th-century personal filmmaking in a natural setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127498249

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: 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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing Chelan, Washington lake-and-mountain scenery with a visible amateur filmmaker at work.
Period detail: The fedora, dark coat, small hand-held camera, wooden dock, and color 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged travel moment as one adult man films the lakeside landscape while the camera alternates between scenery and the person recording it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mountain lake, forested slopes, a man with a camera, a wooden dock, evergreen trees, bright sky, and scratched color film edges.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, slight fading, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory insert, filmmaker-at-work beat, or transition between Chelan landscape material.
Historical context: The footage reflects personal tourism and amateur filmmaking in a mountain lake setting, with attention split between scenery and the act of recording it.
Research note: An adult face is visible and may require likeness review; no logos, children, audible music, or obvious private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Chelan lake footage, Washington mountain home movie, man filming landscape, and vintage dock by mountain lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Chelan material, then other 1939 Washington lake or mountain footage, then broader vintage travel and amateur-filmmaking scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Chelan, Washington mountain lake view on 1939 8mm film, with distant slopes, pale sky, and visible film scratches. — A wide lakeside view shows hazy mountains across the water.

In the Chelan home-movie footage, an adult man in a fedora and dark coat aims a small camera with evergreens behind him. — A man films back toward the camera from a wooded lakeside area.

A wooden dock or pier appears along the Chelan lakeshore, backed by evergreen trees and rocky mountain terrain. — A lakeside dock sits below forested slopes.

A soft 1939 8mm view of Chelan mountain slopes and lake water, with haze, faded color, and vertical film wear. — Hazy mountains rise beyond the lake in a soft wide view.

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