Long Lake Canada-1939: Ducks Walking in Field near Water Basin

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

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Ducks Walking in Field near Water Basin — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures three ducks walking across a dirt field near a water basin at Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the birds moving naturally, with one white duck standing out against the darker flock. The scene is framed with a classic film border, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1930s home movie offers a rare glimpse into rural life and wildlife, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 124859932

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

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: 1930s 8mm Canadian home-movie footage suited to requests for rural animal life, domestic waterfowl, or quiet wildlife cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible clues are modest: black-and-white 8mm texture, simple outdoor ground, a shallow basin, and unposed ducks, with the 1939 Long Lake setting supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the ducks at close range as they mill around naturally, giving the clip the unstaged quality of a family or local home-movie record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several ducks, one white duck, a shallow round basin, dirt or gravel ground, scattered small objects, grass at the edge, and rounded film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-frame borders that preserve the physical-film character of the original home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief animal cutaway, rural-life insert, transition beat, or quiet memory detail within a sequence about lakeside or farm-adjacent settings.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor waterfowl activity rather than a formal event, offering visual context for everyday animal keeping or local bird life near Long Lake.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still verify copyright, source ownership, and any location or property implications for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm ducks, Long Lake Canada home movie, black-and-white waterfowl footage, rural animal cutaway, and vintage ducks near basin.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Long Lake material, and then with related 1930s home-movie scenes of animals, lakeside settings, or rural daily life.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing three dark ducks near a shallow round basin on rough outdoor ground. — Three ducks stand and move around a basin in an outdoor yard-like setting.

Ducks move around a shallow basin in 1939 Long Lake footage, with one bird partly bent toward the ground. — Ducks mill around the basin, with one bird lowering its head toward the ground.

Two ducks cross the rough ground in a 1939 Long Lake home-movie frame, with the basin partly visible at the side. — Two ducks walk through the frame across the dirt area beside the basin.

A white duck faces the camera in 1939 Long Lake footage, standing apart on grass and rough ground. — A white duck stands alone, facing forward against the darker outdoor ground.

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