Long Lake Canada-1939: Two Boys Splash Each Other In The Water And Swim Around

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Two Boys Splash Each Other In The Water And Swim Around — Clip Details

Two boys splash each other in the water at Long Lake Canada in 1939, captured on 8mm film. The grainy black-and-white footage shows them playing and swimming in the lake, with splashes and ripples visible across the water's surface. The handheld camera captures the natural, unposed energy of childhood summer fun. This vintage home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century leisure, with authentic film grain and edge borders typical of 8mm home recordings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861151

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Long Lake, Canada Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Canadian home-movie requests needing brief lake swimming or summer recreation material for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, swim play, and open lake setting support the supplied 1939 Long Lake, Canada context without visible landmarks for independent place identification.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged childhood play as two swimmers splash, duck, and move through the water in a casual family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, lake water, splashes, ripples, dark film borders, soft focus, and a contact-sheet style scan layout.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, monochrome contrast, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and gate-edge borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for summer leisure, childhood, lake holidays, or prewar family-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal outdoor recreation and family filming practices, with the action centered on swimming rather than identifiable public events.
Research note: People are visible and appear young, so likeness and minor-status review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake Canada home movie, boys splashing in water, and 1930s summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Long Lake or 1939 Canadian material, then broader home-movie scenes of swimming and summer play.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Long Lake, Canada in the supplied 1939 context, two swimmers splash close together in grainy black-and-white lake footage. — Two swimmers create a burst of spray while playing in the lake.

A swimmer is partly obscured by spray while playing in the lake, framed by soft 8mm black-and-white borders. — A swimmer surfaces or turns as spray rises around the upper body.

In the supplied Long Lake 1939 footage, a swimmer moves across rippled water while a splash breaks beside them. — The swimmer moves through the water as spray spreads across the frame.

Two swimmers are partly submerged and obscured by spray in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage from the supplied Long Lake context. — Two swimmers remain partly visible as splashes and ripples fill the lake surface.

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