Long Lake Canada-1939: Two People Fish In A Boat In Calm Waters

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

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Two People Fish In A Boat In Calm Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two people fishing in a small boat on calm waters of Long Lake, Canada. The black-and-white footage shows a serene lakeside scene with dense forest lining the distant shore under a cloudy sky. The subjects, dressed in period attire, sit quietly in the boat, likely engaged in leisurely fishing. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of early 20th-century amateur film. This archival clip evokes nostalgia for mid-century outdoor recreation and rural life.

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: 124860485

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: Useful for 1930s Canadian outdoor recreation sequences, documentary cutaways, or archive-led scenes about lake fishing and rural leisure.
Period detail: The small open boat, plain shoreline, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show late-1930s amateur filming of a quiet fishing outing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of people sitting low in a boat while the camera observes from across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat, two seated people, open lake water, rippled waves, wooded shoreline, cloudy sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it a clear amateur home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of lakeside travel, fishing, or family recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational use of a Canadian lake setting, with people fishing quietly against a largely undeveloped wooded shore.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Canada lake fishing, vintage home movie boat on water, Long Lake Canada footage, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake material, then broader Canadian lake, fishing, and rural recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two people appear seated in a small fishing boat on Long Lake, Canada, in 1939-era black-and-white 8mm footage. — Two people sit in a small boat on calm lake water near a distant forested shore.

A wide view across Long Lake shows rippled water, a distant tree line, and cloudy sky in black-and-white 8mm footage. — Open water and a wooded shoreline appear after the boat moves out of view.

Long Lake water and a low wooded shoreline appear in a soft, grainy 1939 home-movie frame. — A quiet view across the lake shows water, shoreline trees, and overcast sky.

A wide black-and-white 8mm view of Long Lake shows calm water, a forested horizon, and cloud cover. — The clip ends on a broad lake view with wooded shore and cloudy sky.

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