Long Lake Canada-1939: Black And White Video Of A Child Swimming In A Lake

$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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Black And White Video Of A Child Swimming In A Lake — Clip Details

A young child swims through the water at Long Lake, Canada, in this 1939 black and white 8mm home movie. The grainy, high-contrast footage captures the child’s movements as they propel themselves through the lake, creating ripples and splashes. The image is framed by the classic 8mm film border, with visible grain and soft focus typical of vintage home recordings. The child’s form emerges and submerges in the water, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century leisure and family life.

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: 124861117

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 lake swimming, summer recreation, or family leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, simple swimwear, and lakeside setting may show late-1930s recreational home-movie life at Long Lake, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its close observation of a swimmer moving through open lake water and another moment of a person entering from a dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in rippled lake water, splashes, a dock or platform, shoreline trees, bathers in swimwear, and the 8mm frame border.
Film character: Soft focus, pronounced grain, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer-memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within sequences about family leisure or lakeside holidays.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary outdoor swimming and lakeside recreation without enough visible detail to identify individuals, facilities, or a specific event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately from depicted-person issues.
Research search match: Research matches include 1939 Long Lake Canada 8mm swimming, black-and-white lake recreation, vintage home movie swimmer, and 1930s summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Long Lake material, then other 1939 Canadian lake scenes, then broader vintage swimming or family summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A swimmer moves across the surface of Long Lake, Canada, in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage from 1939. — A swimmer moves through the lake, creating small ripples and splashes.

The swimmer is seen from behind in rippled lake water, framed by the soft, grainy 8mm image border. — The swimmer turns or paddles away from the camera in the lake.

A person in swimwear steps from a lakeside dock or platform as other bathers stand near the wooded shore at Long Lake. — A swimmer steps from a dock or platform while others wait near the shore.

A large splash fills the frame as a swimmer enters or surfaces in the lake, with heavy grain and soft contrast. — A burst of lake water marks a swimmer's entry or movement just below the surface.

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