Long Lake Canada-1939: Man Swimming in Lake with Wooden Pier

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

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Man Swimming in Lake with Wooden Pier — Clip Details

A man swims in a lake at Long Lake, Canada, in 1939, captured on 8mm home movie film. The black-and-white footage shows him moving through the water with a wooden pier visible in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the vintage Super 8 aesthetic, with natural light creating subtle ripples on the water's surface. This archival clip captures a quiet moment of recreation from the late 1930s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure activities.

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: 124861262

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: Useful for 1930s Canadian home-movie requests needing a brief recreation or swimming moment with a visible lakeside pier.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, simple swimwear, and wooden pier may show late-1930s leisure at Long Lake, Canada, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears relaxed and unstaged, moving through the lake while the camera observes from shore or a nearby dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult male swimmer, rippled lake water, splashing, a wooden pier or dock, shoreline light, and soft frame edges.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, modest contrast, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for vacation, lake recreation, or family leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor recreation, with a lone swimmer and dock suggesting informal lakeside activity rather than a staged event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to any copyright or archive licensing checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Long Lake Canada swimming, 8mm lake recreation, black-and-white home movie swimmer, and vintage dock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Long Lake Canada 1939 material, then broader 1930s lake recreation or swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Long Lake, Canada in 1939, an adult man swims through rippled water with a wooden pier visible behind him. — An adult swimmer moves through the lake near a wooden pier.

The swimmer faces toward the camera in Long Lake, Canada, with the dock and rippled lake surface behind him. — The swimmer surfaces closer to the camera, with the pier behind.

A man swims low in the frame at Long Lake, Canada, while the weathered wooden pier stretches across the background. — The swimmer passes below the line of the wooden pier.

The adult swimmer moves toward the camera at Long Lake, Canada, with splashing water and a wooden pier in the background. — The swimmer approaches through splashing lake water.

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