Long Lake Canada-1939: Duck Walking Along Grass Toward Lake

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

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

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Duck Walking Along Grass Toward Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a white duck walking across grassy terrain toward a large body of water. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the duck moving steadily, its feathers catching the light as it approaches the shoreline. In the background, a wide lake stretches to a distant treeline under an overcast sky. The final frames reveal a swimmer in the water, with faint vertical scratches and film grain adding to the authentic archival quality. This nostalgic clip offers a quiet moment of rural wildlife and leisure, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 124859956

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 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 Canadian 8mm home-movie footage for requests involving rural lakeside wildlife, swimming recreation, and quiet observational cutaways.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, simple lakeshore setting, and metadata-supported 1939 date may show late-1930s amateur filming of outdoor leisure in Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, shifting from a duck near the shore to distant swimmers in the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white duck, rough grass, open lake water, a distant treeline, small swimmers, shoreline posts, overcast sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and light scratches typical of scanned 8mm amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life insert, animal cutaway, lakeside transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday outdoor leisure and animal presence around a Canadian lake without identifying the people, property, or exact shoreline.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed separate from copyright, while no logos or private property are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Canada lake home movie, duck by lake, vintage swimmers, rural lakeshore, and black-and-white amateur footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake Canada material, then related 1930s lake, swimming, wildlife, and rural leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white duck walks across grassy ground near Long Lake, Canada, in metadata-supported 1939 black-and-white 8mm footage. — White duck moving over grass near the lakeshore.

Wide view across Long Lake with distant swimmers, shoreline posts, and a dark treeline in 1939 home-movie footage. — Swimmers appear far out in the lake beyond shoreline posts.

Open water at Long Lake shows a small distant swimmer below a low treeline in metadata-supported 1939 footage. — A distant swimmer is visible in the open water.

A distant swimmer sits low in the water near a vertical shoreline post on Long Lake in 1939 8mm home-movie footage. — Distant swimmer and shoreline post framed against the lake.

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