Long Lake Canada-1939: Two People Swimming and Splashing in 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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Two People Swimming and Splashing in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two swimmers splashing and bobbing in the waters of Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows heads breaking the surface as ripples spread across the lake, evoking a nostalgic summer day of recreation. The film’s natural grain and soft focus reflect the era’s amateur cinematography, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124861189

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 8mm home-movie lake swimming footage suited to documentary inserts about Canadian recreation, summer leisure, or family travel memory.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, soft focus, and simple lake activity support the 1939 home-movie attribution without visible landmarks or dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: Two swimmers bob and splash at a distance, giving an unstaged view of casual lake recreation filmed from shore or a nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled lake water, two swimmer heads, small splashes, soft horizonless framing, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage has coarse 8mm grain, muted contrast, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic amateur physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, recreation insert, or quiet memory beat between broader scenes of travel, lakeside life, or summer activity.
Historical context: The clip shows informal outdoor swimming in a Canadian lake setting, with no visible facilities, boats, signage, or identifiable shoreline context in these frames.
Research note: People are visible but distant and not clearly identifiable; likeness review may still be needed, while copyright and any location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake Canada home movie, vintage swimmers splashing, and black-and-white recreational water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Long Lake material, then other 1939 Canadian lake scenes, then broader vintage swimming and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake, Canada home-movie frame showing two distant swimmers bobbing in textured lake water. — Two swimmers appear as small heads above the rippled lake surface.

Long Lake frame with one swimmer splashing near the upper right and another distant head in the water. — One swimmer breaks the surface with visible splashes as another remains farther away.

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing two swimmers close together amid small splashes and ripples. — The swimmers draw nearer to each other as splashes disturb the lake surface.

Long Lake, Canada frame with a swimmer partly visible near surface splashes in grainy black-and-white water. — A swimmer remains partly visible as the water ripples and splashes around them.

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