Chelan Washington-1939: Man Aboard Boat on Mountain Lake with Peaks

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

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Man Aboard Boat on Mountain Lake with Peaks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light-colored fedora and dark jacket aboard a boat on a serene lake in Chelan, Washington. The footage features sweeping views of rugged, forested mountains under a bright sky, with the camera panning across the landscape. The film shows natural wear, including grain, scratches, and slight blurriness, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The man appears contemplative, gazing toward the shore as the boat moves through calm waters, evoking a sense of peaceful adventure and mid-century Americana.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127498266

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

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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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for leisure travel, lake boating, and mountain scenery in Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The man's light fedora, collared shirt, and visitor-shot lake outing may show late-1930s recreational travel style, supported by the clip metadata date of 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged vacation perspective, moving between scenic mountain views and a close view of a man seated in a boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-green lake water, steep mountain slopes, pale sky and clouds, film gate edges, a boat passenger, and a light-colored brimmed hat.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, scratches, exposure shifts, and contact-print borders that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a scenic insert, travel transition, lake cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader sequences about Washington recreation.
Historical context: The footage documents a personal outdoor excursion on a mountain lake, reflecting private amateur filming rather than a formal travelogue or news record.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing; no visible logos or private interiors appear.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 8mm Chelan lake boat footage, Washington mountain lake home movie, man in fedora on boat, and vintage lake travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan or Washington lake material, then broader vintage boating and mountain-vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm view of a green mountain slope near Chelan, Washington, framed by dark film edges and a pale cloudy sky. — Mountain slope across the lake under a bright sky.

Soft 8mm mountain landscape near Chelan, Washington, with green slopes, pale clouds, and visible film wear. — Green mountain ridge passing through the frame.

1939 home-movie view across Lake Chelan toward a steep mountain shoreline, with soft exposure and visible film scratches. — Lake surface below a steep mountain shoreline.

Adult man in a light fedora and dark jacket aboard a boat on Lake Chelan in 1939, with water and wooded shore behind him. — Man in a fedora seated on the boat with lake scenery behind him.

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