Long Lake Canada-1939: Woman Swimming in Calm Water

$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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Woman Swimming in Calm Water — Clip Details

A woman swims gracefully through calm water in this vintage 8mm home movie from 1939. Shot at Long Lake, Canada, the black-and-white footage captures her freestyle stroke with gentle ripples and splashes around her. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, evoking a nostalgic summer day. Her form moves steadily across the frame, suggesting a leisurely swim on a sunny, hot day. The natural setting and relaxed pace convey a timeless moment of recreation and tranquility from the late 1930s.

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: 124861066

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 home-movie footage suited to requests for summer recreation, swimming, lakeside leisure, or everyday outdoor activity in archival edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and simple swimwear may show late-1930s amateur filming, supported by the supplied 1939 Long Lake metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unposed and focused on moving through the water, giving the clip candid home-movie value rather than staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone swimmer, calm open water, freestyle arm strokes, splashes, ripples, dark frame edges, and soft film grain.
Film character: The clip has a high-contrast black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print edge darkening.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, memory beat, summer transition, or cutaway illustrating personal recreation on water.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social view of outdoor leisure and swimming at Long Lake without showing landmarks or broader public events.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or private property apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Canada home movie swimming, Long Lake woman swimmer, vintage 8mm lake recreation, and 1930s summer water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake material, then broader vintage swimming or lake-holiday footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Long Lake home-movie footage, a woman swims toward the camera through calm water with soft ripples and splashes. — A woman swims through calm water, her face briefly visible between strokes.

The swimmer moves across the Long Lake frame, one arm outstretched as splashes break the otherwise calm surface. — The swimmer continues across the water with an extended arm and bright splash trail.

A 1939 home-movie frame shows the swimmer partly submerged during a stroke, surrounded by ripples and bright water highlights. — Mid-stroke, the swimmer is partly submerged as ripples spread across the water.

The swimmer kicks with both legs above the water in the 1939 Long Lake footage, creating splashes around her upper body. — The swimmer's legs lift above the surface during an energetic kick.

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