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Chelan Washington-1939: Group Of Men Eating Meal Near Black Wood Burning Cook

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationChelan, Washington, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 Chelan Washington
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Group Of Men Eating Meal Near Black Wood Burning Cook — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of men sharing a meal indoors. The grainy black-and-white footage shows them seated at a table, eating and drinking in a casual, communal setting. One man in glasses and suspenders takes a bite, while others lean in to eat or drink from cups. The dim lighting and close framing create an intimate, nostalgic atmosphere, typical of mid-20th century home recordings. The scene reflects everyday life and social gatherings of the era, with visible film grain and soft focus adding to its authentic archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
InteriorBlack & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127498337

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • 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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

  • people
  • food
  • recreation
  • objects
  • indoors
  • group
  • men
  • eating
  • meal
  • black
  • wood
  • burning
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  • stove
  • food and drink
  • chelan washington
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Chelan Washington 1939
  • men eating meal
  • black and white archival footage
  • vintage dining scene
  • 1930s family gathering
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  • black and white 8mm film
  • vintage food and drink
  • historic American life
  • 1930s domestic scene
  • nostalgic home movie
  • vintage communal dining
  • 8mm film grain
  • archival footage 1939
  • vintage men eating
  • old film footage
  • vintage Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing 1930s home-movie footage of men eating together indoors, especially documentary inserts about everyday social life in Washington state.
Period detail
The clip may show late-1930s clothing and dining habits, with suspenders, collared shirts, small cups, and a close table setting visible in dim indoor light.
Home-movie behavior
The value is in the informal behavior of men eating, drinking, glancing down, and sharing a meal without staged presentation.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include adult men, eyeglasses, suspenders, cups, plates, tableware, dim walls, and close handheld framing around a meal.
Film character
The 8mm black-and-white image has pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for domestic meals, male social gatherings, or Depression-era everyday life.
Historical context
The scene visually suggests a casual communal meal among adult men, but the frames do not identify the occasion, household, or relationship between participants.
Research note
People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1939 8mm home movie men eating indoors, Chelan Washington meal footage, and black-and-white Depression-era social gathering.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Chelan or 1939 Washington clips, then broader home-movie scenes of meals and indoor gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage, a man in glasses and suspenders raises food to his mouth at an indoor meal.
A man in glasses and suspenders eats during a dimly lit indoor meal.
A man in suspenders looks down at the table in black-and-white 1939 home-movie footage from Chelan, Washington.
A seated man looks down during the shared indoor meal.
Several adult men sit close together at an indoor table, eating and drinking from cups in 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage.
Men lean over plates and cups at a close indoor table.
A soft-focus frame shows a seated man near a cup during the indoor meal, with the 8mm image blurred by motion and exposure.
A blurred seated figure appears beside tableware near the end of the clip.

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