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Chelan Washington-1939: Man Laughing on Wooden Floor

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

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Man Laughing on Wooden Floor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this grainy black and white home movie captures a man in a dark suit and tie laughing heartily, then lying on his back on a wooden floor. The footage shows him in a playful, relaxed state, with a second person briefly visible. The low-light conditions and film grain suggest an intimate, candid moment of lighthearted horseplay, likely recorded at home in Chelan, Washington. The raw, unpolished quality of the Super 8 footage adds to its authentic vintage charm, making it ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial projects exploring mid-20th century American life.

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
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127498572

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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Topics & Keywords

  • horseplay
  • old man
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  • old man horseplay
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  • 1939 vintage film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s American home-movie requests needing candid adult horseplay, informal interiors, or comic family-reel behavior from Chelan, Washington.
Period detail
The dark suit, tie, black-and-white 8mm image, and simple interior setting may show late-1930s domestic dress and casual indoor leisure.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves unstaged laughter and floor-level joking among adult men, with the camera close to the action rather than composed for performance.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a suited man laughing, men lying or crawling on a wooden floor, a patterned rug, dark interior walls, cigarette-like object, and heavy film grain.
Film character
The footage has dense black-and-white grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, vignetting, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief comic insert, family-memory beat, or transition into material about adult play, domestic gatherings, or informal 1930s social life.
Historical context
The scene suggests adult men relaxing indoors in a private social setting, but the footage does not identify the occasion, relationships, or exact room.
Research note
Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal or property rights.
Research search match
Searches for 1939 8mm home movie men horseplaying, Chelan Washington vintage interior footage, or black-and-white family reel adult laughter may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan 1939 interiors, then broader 1930s home movies showing adult humor or informal gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Chelan home-movie footage, a man in a dark suit and tie smiles while seated close to the camera in a dim room.
A suited man laughs during an informal indoor moment.
A man appears to recline on a wooden floor near a patterned rug, filmed in grainy black-and-white 8mm in Chelan, Washington.
A man lies on the floor during playful indoor horseplay.
An adult man in light clothing is down on hands and knees on a wooden floor, with another person partly visible at the edge of the frame.
A floor-level moment shows a man crawling or bracing himself during the joke.
A suited man lies sideways on the floor, smiling or laughing as the home-movie camera catches the playful moment.
The suited man laughs while sprawled on the floor.

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