Long Lake Canada-1939: Women Wearing Old Fashioned Bathing Suits Swimming In A

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

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Women Wearing Old Fashioned Bathing Suits Swimming In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures women swimming in Long Lake, Canada. Wearing old-fashioned bathing suits and caps, they glide through the water with classic freestyle strokes. The grainy black-and-white footage shows gentle ripples and splashes, with a wooden dock visible in the background. The film’s natural imperfections and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century leisure activities.

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: 124861001

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 8mm home-movie lake swimming footage suited to documentary inserts on leisure, recreation, women’s swimwear, or Canadian vacation life.
Period detail: The bathing caps, modest swimwear, black-and-white 8mm texture, and supplied 1939 Long Lake metadata support a late-1930s leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear casually filmed during recreation, with unstaged movement, splashing, and distant shoreline activity typical of home-movie observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers in caps, lake water, ripples, splashes, a wooden dock or float, shoreline debris, and partial figures near the water.
Film character: The clip has soft black-and-white 8mm grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, leisure cutaway, summer transition, or period insert within a 1930s recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows women swimming outdoors in period bathing attire, offering visual context for everyday lake recreation without implying a formal event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake Canada home movie, women bathing caps, vintage freestyle swimming, and 1930s summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake scenes, then other 1939 Long Lake material, then broader 1930s swimming, vacation, and outdoor leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing a capped swimmer moving through rippled lake water. — A capped swimmer creates splashes while moving across the lake surface.

Capped swimmer in Long Lake, Canada, seen in soft 8mm black-and-white footage from 1939. — A swimmer’s cap and arm break the surface as she moves through the water.

1939 home-movie frame of a capped swimmer partly submerged in Long Lake water. — A swimmer remains low in the water, surrounded by small ripples and soft film grain.

Capped swimmer in Long Lake with a wooden dock or float and partial shoreline figures behind her. — A swimmer moves in the foreground while a dock or float and partial figures appear near shore.

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