Long Lake Canada-1939: Person Swimming Through Calm River

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

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Person Swimming Through Calm River — Clip Details

A person swims through a calm river in this 8mm home movie from Long Lake, Canada, 1939. The swimmer, wearing a light-colored cap, moves steadily through the water, creating ripples and splashes. The black-and-white footage shows a natural shoreline with rocks and vegetation in the background. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip captures a quiet summer moment with authentic grain and soft focus, evoking nostalgia for mid-20th century leisure. The scene is peaceful and candid, ideal for historical or editorial 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: 124861026

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 home-movie requests needing quiet outdoor leisure, swimming, summer recreation, or non-urban waterside activity.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm footage and simple swim cap may show late-1930s amateur filming of a natural lake or river setting, consistent with the supplied 1939 Long Lake metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer is filmed candidly from shore as they move through the water, giving the scene an unstaged family-vacation or local-recreation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in a light cap, rippled water, splashes, rocky shoreline, low vegetation, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and gate-edge shadows give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for summer, lakeside recreation, or family holiday sequences.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary outdoor swimming in a natural waterside setting, offering social texture around leisure without identifying the swimmer or exact site features.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and location considerations should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Canada 8mm swimming, Long Lake home movie, 1930s swimmer in river, vintage lake recreation, and black-and-white summer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Long Lake Canada 1939 footage, then broader 1930s Canadian summer recreation or swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Long Lake, Canada footage, a swimmer in a light cap moves across calm water with ripples around them. — A capped swimmer crosses the water near a low shoreline.

A swimmer in a light cap creates splashes while moving through the Long Lake water in the 1939 home movie. — The swimmer advances through the water with small splashes.

The swimmer appears mid-stroke in the Long Lake water, with a bright splash and shoreline visible behind. — A mid-stroke splash rises as the swimmer moves near shore.

The swimmer is seen from behind or at an angle in the water below the natural Long Lake shoreline. — The swimmer continues across the water below the rocky bank.

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