Long Lake Canada-1939: The Boys Are Splashing Around In The 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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The Boys Are Splashing Around In The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures boys splashing and swimming in the waters of Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows children playing energetically, creating splashes and ripples across the lake's surface. The natural, unscripted action reflects a nostalgic summer day, with the film’s characteristic grain and soft focus adding to its authentic, archival quality. This classic 8mm home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century childhood recreation and leisure.

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: 124861167

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 lake recreation footage for documentary inserts about summer leisure, swimming, childhood memory, or home-movie views of outdoor play.
Period detail: The 8mm black-and-white look and simple lakeside activity support the 1939 home-movie setting, though clothing and shoreline details are not visible enough for finer period identification.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged swimmers splashing and moving through open water from a casual home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, swimmers' heads and arms, splashes, ripples, a flat horizon, soft focus, frame borders, and contact-sheet division lines.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft contrast, slight blur, and uneven exposure that give the short scene its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for warm-weather recreation, family travel, or lakeside leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor swimming and play in a Canadian lake setting without visible organized facilities, landmarks, or identifiable public event context.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though faces, brands, private property, and music are not apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Canada lake swimming, vintage home movie boys splashing, Long Lake recreation footage, and 1930s summer water play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake material, then related 1930s Canadian summer recreation or swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing swimmers partly submerged as splashes break across the water surface. — Swimmers move through lake water with splashes around them.

1939 Long Lake frame with a swimmer mostly hidden by spray while the surrounding water ripples outward. — A swimmer creates a broad splash across the lake surface.

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing a swimmer partly visible, with one arm lifted above choppy water. — A swimmer raises an arm while splashing through the lake.

1939 Long Lake frame showing a distant swimmer crossing the water, with one arm raised and small splashes nearby. — A swimmer moves across the rippled lake surface.

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