Long Lake Canada-1939: Modest Woman Swimming And Relaxing At The Beach

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

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Modest Woman Swimming And Relaxing At The Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a modest woman at Long Lake, Canada, relaxing at the beach. She sits wrapped in a towel near a wooden ladder, then moves into the water, her head bobbing as she swims. The grainy black-and-white footage shows gentle waves and a sunlit shoreline, evoking a quiet, nostalgic moment from a bygone era. The natural, unposed action and authentic film texture make it ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124861381

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Canadian home-movie beach footage for productions needing modest recreation, swimming, and quiet lakeside leisure material.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s swimwear and beach habits, with a towel-wrapped woman beside a simple wooden ladder before entering calm open water.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the unstaged, personal view of a woman resting and swimming, filmed from nearby rather than posed for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a towel-wrapped woman, rocky beach ground, a wooden ladder, rippled water, splashing arms, and a swimmer's head above the surface.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the footage a clear physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for summer leisure, lake recreation, or prewar domestic life.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social glimpse of casual outdoor recreation, with emphasis on modest swim behavior and a quiet lakeside setting.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Canada beach home movie, Long Lake woman swimming, modest swimmer, and vintage lakeside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach scenes, then Long Lake or 1939 Canada footage, then broader women swimming or summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Long Lake, Canada, a towel-wrapped woman sits on a rough shoreline near a simple wooden ladder in 1939 home-movie footage. — A woman sits wrapped in a towel beside a wooden ladder on the beach.

A woman swims in rippled Long Lake water, with her head and arm breaking the surface in black-and-white 8mm footage. — The swimmer moves through the lake with small splashes around her arm.

The woman continues swimming across calm Long Lake water, her head and arm partly visible among ripples and reflected light. — The swimmer advances through the lake, partly submerged in the water.

A swimmer's head and shoulder remain visible in the lake as gentle waves fill the frame in 1939 Canadian home-movie footage. — The swimmer bobs in the open water as small waves spread around her.

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