Chelan Washington-1939: Man in Suit Sitting on Chair in Dimly Lit Room

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

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Man in Suit Sitting on Chair in Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this grainy black-and-white home movie captures a man in a dark suit and tie sitting on a wooden chair in a dimly lit room. He adjusts his clothing and holds a small object, possibly a book or wallet, while another man in a light-colored shirt briefly appears in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, evoking a candid moment from a mid-20th century American home. The scene suggests a quiet domestic or office setting, with subtle movement and a nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 127498757

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: This clip fits requests for 1930s American home-movie interiors, candid adult men, and quiet domestic or informal office cutaways for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The dark suit, tie, wooden chair, plain interior, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s domestic or informal indoor setting in Chelan, Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause as a seated man adjusts his clothing or handles a small object while another adult briefly moves nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited seated man, a wooden chair, dim interior walls, a second adult in a light shirt, hands near the lap, and strong film-gate edges.
Film character: The footage has heavy 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-frame edge shadows that give the moment a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an interior insert, memory beat, transition from outdoor travel material, or cutaway for everyday adult life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene shows a modest indoor social moment rather than a public event, with clothing and room details suggesting ordinary adult life in the late Depression era.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property context should be reviewed separately from any copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm home movie man in suit, Chelan Washington interior, seated adult indoors, and black-and-white family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Chelan 1939 material, then with other 1930s interiors or candid adult home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Chelan, Washington footage, a man in a dark suit sits indoors with his hands near his lap in soft, grainy light. — A suited man sits in a dim interior, partially framed by dark film edges.

The seated man in a dark suit appears to handle a small light object while seated indoors in the Chelan home-movie footage. — The man’s hands and suit are seen in close view as he handles a small object.

A second man appears briefly in profile inside the room.

A partial close view shows a person beside a wooden chair, with a dark coat and cropped body details in the grainy 1939 interior footage. — A cropped view shows the chair, coat, and part of a person in the room.

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