Long Lake Canada-1939: Man Struggles to Swim to Shore

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

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Man Struggles to Swim to Shore — Clip Details

A man struggles to swim in the waters of Long Lake Canada in 1939, captured on 8mm film. His head emerges from the choppy water, splashing as he moves toward the shore. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him in distress, with the shoreline visible in the background. This authentic home movie clip captures a moment of panic and survival, with the man’s face showing strain as he fights the current. The vintage aesthetic, complete with film grain and edge borders, evokes a sense of historical urgency and raw emotion.

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: 124861344

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: Brief 1939 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a prewar Canadian lake swimming or water-distress insert.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s outdoor recreation, with black-and-white 8mm framing and a simple lakeside setting visible in the scan.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value in the swimmer's awkward, strained movement through choppy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer's head and shoulders, splashing lake water, bright surface glare, a shoreline or dock edge, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan carries a physical 8mm texture through soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, water glare, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short tension beat, cutaway, or memory fragment in a sequence about lakes, swimming, or risk around water.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for informal lakeside filming in 1939 Canada, without enough visual evidence to identify the swimmer or exact shore.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness, context, and sensitivity review should be handled separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Research matches include 1939 8mm Long Lake Canada swimmer, vintage lake swimming home movie, and man splashing in water archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with shots from the same reel, then with other Long Lake 1939 footage, then with broader vintage lake, swimming, or water-safety material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Long Lake, Canada footage, a swimmer's head is visible amid choppy water near a shore or dock edge. — The swimmer surfaces in rough, sunlit lake water near the edge of the shoreline or dock.

The swimmer moves through bright, splashing Long Lake water, with the head and shoulders partly visible. — The swimmer pushes forward through the lake as splashes and glare fill the frame.

A swimmer faces the camera in 1939 Long Lake footage, with water splashing around the upper body. — The swimmer briefly faces the camera while moving through the rippled lake surface.

The swimmer remains low in the water as splashes break across the frame in the Long Lake home-movie shot. — The swimmer stays close to the water surface as splashes obscure part of the body.

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