Long Lake Canada-1939: Person Swimming in Lake

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

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Person Swimming in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a swimmer in Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a person moving through the water, their head breaking the surface as ripples spread across the lake. The scene has a nostalgic, candid quality, with natural light reflecting off the water and the film’s characteristic grain adding texture. A brief moment shows a person reaching upward, possibly climbing or stretching. This archival clip evokes mid-20th century leisure and personal memory.

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: 124861146

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 a brief lake-swimming insert, leisure cutaway, or personal-memory beat.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and simple lakeside swim may show late-1930s amateur filming, with no visible landmarks or dated objects in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is candid, unstaged recreation as a swimmer moves through open water while the camera follows from shore or nearby water level.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer's head and shoulders, rippling lake water, reflected light, soft shoreline, heavy frame edges, and film grain.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway for summer leisure, travel memory, lake recreation, or a quiet transition between family scenes.
Historical context: The footage supports a general view of recreational swimming at Long Lake, Canada, in 1939 without confirming identity, event, or exact shoreline.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Long Lake Canada swimmer footage, 8mm home movie lake swimming, vintage rippling water, and 1930s summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Long Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s Canadian lake and swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake, Canada home-movie frame showing a swimmer partly cropped in rippling water with strong 8mm grain. — A swimmer moves through lake water near the top of the frame as ripples spread below.

A swimmer at Long Lake, Canada, surfaces in rippling water in a grainy 1939 black-and-white 8mm frame. — The swimmer's head and shoulders break the surface amid small lake ripples.

Grainy 8mm view of a swimmer low in Long Lake water, surrounded by ripples and soft surface reflections. — The swimmer remains low in the lake, with only the head clearly above the water.

A blurred person appears close to the 8mm camera at Long Lake, Canada, with water and a low distant shoreline behind. — A person rises or leans close to the camera, blurred against the lake and far shoreline.

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