Long Lake Canada-1939: Woman in Bathing Suit and Swim Cap Toweling Off Near Stairs

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Woman in Bathing Suit and Swim Cap Toweling Off Near Stairs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a classic one-piece bathing suit and swim cap at Long Lake, Canada. She emerges from the water, then dries off with a towel near a wooden staircase on a sunny day. The grainy black-and-white footage shows her adjusting her cap and towel, with natural light reflecting off the water. This authentic slice of mid-century leisure offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or editorial content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861353

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Long Lake, Canada Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Canadian lakeside leisure footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief home-movie view of swimming and drying off outdoors.
Period detail: The one-piece bathing suit, swim cap, towel, wooden steps, and black-and-white 8mm texture support the 1939 lakeside home-movie setting noted in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the woman emerging from the water, adjusting her cap, and toweling off while the camera observes a casual summer moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling lake water, a woman in a dark one-piece bathing suit, a swim cap, towel, bright sunlight, shoreline ground, and wooden steps.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm look with visible grain, soft focus, high sunlight contrast, and slight handheld framing typical of home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition within sequences about summer recreation, lake holidays, swimming, or 1930s home life.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation at Long Lake, Canada, with attention on personal bathing attire and the small rituals around swimming.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos, minors, audible music, or obvious private property are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Long Lake Canada swimming home movie, 8mm woman bathing suit swim cap, lakeside towel scene, and 1930s summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake footage, then Canadian lake recreation, swimming, bathing suit, and summer home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Long Lake, Canada, a woman appears partly submerged in sunlit water in this 1939 8mm home-movie frame. — The swimmer is seen in the lake as sunlight reflects across the water.

At Long Lake, Canada, the woman stands near shoreline steps in a one-piece bathing suit and swim cap. — The woman raises an arm to adjust her cap while standing near the wooden stairs.

In the 1939 Long Lake home movie, the woman begins toweling off near the wooden steps after swimming. — The swimmer wraps or holds a towel around her shoulders by the steps.

The woman towels off by the shoreline steps at Long Lake, Canada, in black-and-white 8mm footage from 1939. — The woman looks down as she dries herself with a towel beside the stairs.

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