Long Lake Canada-1939: Person Swims From Dock Into Open Lake

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

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Person Swims From Dock Into Open Lake — Clip Details

A person swims through the water at Long Lake, Canada in 1939, captured on 8mm film. The swimmer moves from the dock area into the open lake, their arms cutting through the surface and creating splashes. The footage shows a classic home movie aesthetic with visible film grain and a dark vignette border. The swimmer wears a dark swimsuit and moves with steady strokes, their head turning to breathe. The water ripples around them, and the scene captures a moment of leisure and recreation 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: 124861084

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 leisure, lake swimming, outdoor recreation, and personal home-movie inserts in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, dark swimsuit, dock hardware, and open-lake setting may show late-1930s recreational life at Long Lake, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged swimmer moving from a dock area into open water, with the camera observing a casual summer activity from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer, lake ripples, splashing water, dock or boat hardware, wooded shoreline, dark frame edges, and 8mm grain.
Film character: The footage has pronounced monochrome grain, soft exposure, slight handheld framing, and a dark vignette border typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief recreation insert, summer memory beat, transition to lake life, or cutaway for personal travel footage.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday outdoor leisure rather than a public event, showing swimming as a private or family-recorded lake activity.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; likeness review may still be needed, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Canada 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake home movie, vintage swimmer from dock, and 1930s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Long Lake Canada 1939 footage, then broader 1930s swimming, lake, dock, and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A swimmer moves through Long Lake water in 1939 home-movie footage, creating bright splashes near a dock or boat edge. — Swimmer moving away from the dock area through rippling lake water.

A swimmer in dark water raises an arm during a stroke near dock or boat hardware at Long Lake, Canada. — Swimmer’s arm breaks the surface during a steady stroke near dock hardware.

The swimmer moves close to visible dock or boat hardware, with water splashing around the head and shoulders. — Swimmer passing close to the dock area with water breaking around them.

A tall splash marks the swimmer’s movement in open Long Lake water, with a wooded shoreline beyond. — Splash rising from the lake as the swimmer moves farther from the dock.

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