Chelan Washington-1939: Men Embrace Then One Puts on a Sock

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

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Men Embrace Then One Puts on a Sock — Clip Details

A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie from Chelan Washington in 1939 captures a quiet domestic moment. The footage shows a man in a button-up shirt and trousers, initially embracing another person in a close hug. The scene shifts as the man stands, revealing his bare feet, and proceeds to put on a sock. The handheld camera work and high film grain are characteristic of amateur Super 8 footage from the era, offering a candid glimpse into everyday life 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127498736

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 (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 a brief domestic dressing or casual male interaction moment from Chelan, Washington.
Period detail: The button-up shirt, trousers, bare feet, and sparse interior setting may show late-1930s everyday dress and private domestic routine.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as one man bends and handles a sock while another close interaction appears earlier in the sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirted man, trousers, bare feet, a sock, a nearby wall or cabinet, soft interior shadows, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image has dense grain, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short domestic insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for everyday life and getting-dressed sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social glimpse of informal male domestic life without supporting broader claims beyond the stated 1939 Chelan context.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even though no logos, music, or clear brands are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Chelan Washington home movie, 1930s men indoors, barefoot man putting on sock, and black-and-white 8mm domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Chelan 1939 clips, then broader 1930s home-movie dressing or household routines.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 1939 Chelan home-movie frame with an overexposed close foreground shape and dark interior edges. — An overexposed close moment obscures the subject near the camera.

In a grainy 1939 Chelan interior, a shirted man bends near a wall or cabinet while handling a sock or foot. — A man bends forward during a quiet dressing moment indoors.

A 1939 Chelan home-movie frame shows a man in a button-up shirt and trousers standing barefoot indoors. — The man stands barefoot in a shirt and trousers beside an interior wall.

The 1939 Chelan footage shows a shirted man leaning down indoors as he appears to put on a sock. — A man leans down and appears to pull a sock onto his foot.

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