Chelan Washington-1939: A Group Of Men Socializing, Eating And Laughing Together

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

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A Group Of Men Socializing, Eating And Laughing Together — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a group of men in a dimly lit indoor setting, likely a basement or private room in Chelan, Washington. The men, dressed in casual shirts and ties, are seen laughing, talking, and sharing food and drinks, with one holding a can. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, shows natural, unposed interactions and a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere, with visible film grain and soft focus characteristic of home movies from the era.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127498595

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: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing an intimate indoor social scene of adult men for documentary, museum, education, or period-memory edits.
Period detail: The shirts, ties, eyeglasses, and dim private-room setting may show late-1930s casual male gathering details supported by the Chelan, Washington 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged interaction, with men leaning close, laughing, eating, and handling drinks in a relaxed private interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men, shirts and ties, eyeglasses, a small can or cup, food in hand, close faces, dark walls, and a crowded indoor room.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven low-light exposure, and handheld framing that give the scene a candid home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or social-life cutaway for prewar American home movies and private gatherings.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for adult male leisure and sociability in a private Chelan interior without supporting claims about the group or occasion.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Chelan Washington home movie, 1930s men socializing indoors, vintage 8mm party scene, and candid male gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Chelan 1939 material, then broader 1930s indoor socializing or home-movie gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Chelan home-movie footage, a man in a shirt and tie stands in a dim room as the frame falls into shadow. — A man stands in the dark interior, dressed in a shirt and tie.

Two adult men appear close together in a dark Chelan interior, with one leaning forward and another face partly visible. — Two men lean in close during the indoor gathering.

A smiling man with glasses stands beside another man leaning forward in the 1939 Chelan indoor gathering. — A man with glasses smiles while another man leans forward nearby.

A bearded man stands over another man holding a small can or cup in the dim 1939 Chelan home-movie scene. — A bearded man looks down as another man handles a small can or cup.

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