Chelan Washington-1939: Men Celebrate at Dinner Table

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

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Men Celebrate at Dinner Table — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of men in suits gathered around a dinner table in a dimly lit room. The grainy black-and-white footage shows them eating, drinking, and engaging in animated conversation, with one man raising his hand in a celebratory gesture. The scene exudes a sense of camaraderie and formality, evoking the atmosphere of a mid-century social gathering or business meeting. The footage is authentic and unpolished, with natural film grain and slight motion blur, offering a rare glimpse into everyday life in Chelan, Washington, during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127498405

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: Useful for 1930s editorial sequences needing an informal men's dinner, business-social gathering, or workplace hospitality moment in Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The suits, table service, and dim interior may show late-1930s formal dining or after-work entertaining, supported by the 1939 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged behavior as men eat, drink, smoke, laugh, and gesture around a crowded dinner table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, plates, bowls, cups, drinking glasses, cigarettes, a tablecloth, and a dark private interior.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, motion blur, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or social-context insert for work dinners, masculine camaraderie, or prewar everyday life.
Historical context: The scene documents a private indoor meal where adult men appear to socialize formally, without enough visual evidence to identify occupations or relationships.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Chelan Washington home movie dinner, 1930s men in suits dining, vintage 8mm business dinner, or old formal meal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Chelan material, then other 1939 Washington footage, then broader 1930s dinner, work, and social-gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame, several suited men sit close together at a dim dinner table. — Suited men gather around a crowded dinner table in a dim interior.

A 1939 Chelan dinner scene shows suited men in animated conversation with tableware and drinks in front of them. — Men talk and gesture during a formal-looking meal.

Motion blur obscures part of the 1939 Chelan dinner frame, but a seated man and table setting remain visible. — A blurred handheld moment passes across the dinner table.

In a 1939 Chelan home-movie frame, suited men laugh and gesture together at a table set with dishes and cups. — Men laugh and gesture together at the dinner table.

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