Chelan Washington-1939: Two Men Grappling Indoors in Dimly Lit Room

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

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Two Men Grappling Indoors in Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

CHELAN WASHINGTON-1939: A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie captures a tense indoor moment. A man in a dark shirt lifts another man wearing a grey shirt and suspenders, possibly in a struggle or playful embrace. The scene unfolds in a dimly lit room with a bench and a framed picture on the wall. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—high grain, soft focus, and a vignette effect—evoking a raw, candid 1930s home movie aesthetic. The action is brief but dynamic, suggesting a moment of physical interaction between two men.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & 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: 127498501

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: 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing a brief indoor interpersonal moment from a late-1930s private setting.
Period detail: The dark room, upholstered seating, suspenders, white shirt, and framed wall picture may show late-1930s domestic or social-room dress and interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged physical interaction as one man lifts or wrestles with another while others sit or stand nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible details include upholstered chairs or benches, adult men, a white shirt, a grey shirt with suspenders, a framed wall picture, dim interior light, and soft shadows.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, vignetted edges, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, tension beat, memory flash, or cutaway for private social life and candid indoor behavior.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for adult interaction inside a private or semi-private Chelan interior without confirming whether the contact is playful or confrontational.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, property, and context review may be needed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Chelan Washington 8mm home movie, men indoors wrestling, suspenders interior scene, and black-and-white home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Chelan material, then broader home-movie scenes of indoor gatherings or physical play.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing adult men in a dim interior with upholstered seating and a framed wall picture. — Men sit or gather in a dim room before the physical interaction begins.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Chelan showing a standing man in a white shirt near upholstered seating inside a private room. — A standing man in a white shirt appears near the seating as the scene shifts.

1939 Chelan home-movie frame showing a man bent forward near another figure, with a standing man in a white shirt at the side. — The central action becomes harder to read as one figure bends over another near the chair.

Chelan, Washington 1939 frame showing the back of a man in a grey shirt and suspenders inside a dim room. — A man in suspenders faces away from the camera as the brief indoor action concludes.

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