Long Lake Canada-1939: View Of Trees And Calm Lake On A Clear Day

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationLong Lake, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Long Lake Canada

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View Of Trees And Calm Lake On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Long Lake in Canada. The black-and-white footage shows a calm lake bordered by dense trees, including birch with distinctive white bark. Fallen logs and driftwood rest along the shoreline, partially submerged in the still water. The camera pans slowly across the landscape, revealing the natural beauty of the forested lakeside. Grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, timeless atmosphere. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124859678

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Long Lake, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm Canadian lakeside scenery for documentary inserts, nature history sequences, or quiet archival transitions.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1939 home-movie view of an undeveloped wooded lake edge, with no modern structures, vehicles, signage, or people visible.
Home-movie behavior: The slow handheld pan records a casual traveler or family-movie observation of calm water, trees, and shoreline debris rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include still lake water, dense trees, birch trunks, low shrubs, fallen logs, driftwood, shoreline brush, and soft forested slopes.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-frame edges that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a quiet cutaway, reflective memory beat, nature transition, or establishing insert for a Canadian lakeside setting.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for recreational or family-shot views of Canadian lake country before visible shoreline development enters the frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and location/property context for their project.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1939 8mm Canada lake footage, Long Lake home movie, vintage forest shoreline, calm water and birch trees, and prewar nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Long Lake material, then with Canadian forest, lake, and home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake, Canada 8mm frame showing still water, fallen shoreline logs, birch trunks, and dense wooded brush. — Fallen logs rest near a wooded lake edge with birch trees in the background.

1939 Long Lake, Canada view across calm water toward driftwood, shoreline brush, birch trees, and dense forest. — The camera looks across still water toward driftwood and a forested bank.

1939 Long Lake, Canada frame with rippled lake water in front of driftwood, shrubs, birch trunks, and dark forest. — Rippled water fills the foreground below driftwood and a wooded lakeshore.

1939 Long Lake, Canada shoreline view showing calm water, fallen branches, brush, birch trunks, and forested banks. — A quiet wooded bank with fallen branches sits beyond the calm lake surface.

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