Long Lake Canada-1939: Swimming In The Lake With Vintage 8mm Film

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

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Swimming In The Lake With Vintage 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man swimming in the waters of Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him moving through the water with splashing motion, his face briefly visible above the surface. The scene is framed by the classic 8mm film border, with natural light reflecting off the lake's surface. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a summer vacation moment from the late 1930s, showcasing the timeless appeal of outdoor recreation 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: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861251

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Supports requests for late-1930s Canadian home-movie footage of lake swimming, summer leisure, and personal vacation recreation for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show 1939 outdoor leisure through black-and-white 8mm framing, simple swim activity, open water, and the absence of visible modern shoreline details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of a man swimming close to the camera, with brief face visibility and natural splashing in the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open lake water, ripples, splashes, a swimmer's head and shoulders, dark 8mm frame edges, soft exposure, and film grain.
Film character: The footage has a black-and-white 8mm texture with grain, rounded frame borders, mild exposure variation, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for summer vacation, lake recreation, family history, or prewar leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal lake recreation in Canada around 1939 without showing identifiable landmarks, events, or organized public activity.
Research note: A face is briefly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are visible, and copyright clearance should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1939 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake Canada home movie, 1930s summer vacation footage, and vintage swimmer in lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Long Lake Canada 1939 material, then broader 1930s lake vacation and swimming home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 8mm frame of Long Lake, Canada, showing calm open water and a soft horizon before the swimmer enters view. — Open lake water and horizon framed by the 8mm gate.

Black-and-white 8mm view of Long Lake, Canada, with rippled water, a faint horizon, and dark frame edges. — Rippled lake surface with no swimmer visible.

A man swims in Long Lake, Canada, in black-and-white 8mm footage, his head and shoulder briefly visible above splashing water. — Swimmer surfaces close to the camera amid splashes.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a man swimming in Long Lake, Canada, with his face and upper body partly visible in the water. — The swimmer faces the camera while moving through the lake.

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