Long Lake Canada-1939: A Woman Swimming In Shallow Water

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Woman Swimming In Shallow Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a woman swimming in shallow water at Long Lake, Canada. The black-and-white footage shows her moving through the water with gentle splashes, her head and arms visible above the surface. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the era's amateur film quality, with natural light creating shimmering highlights on the water. The scene evokes a sense of carefree recreation and personal memory from the late 1930s.

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: 124861416

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: Useful for 1930s Canadian home-movie requests needing lake swimming, leisure recreation, or intimate summer memory material for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, modest swim scene, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the clip in late-1930s amateur vacation filmmaking.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unposed, moving through shallow lake water as a companion camera records a brief personal recreation moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman swimming, rippled lake water, bright surface highlights, splashing arms, soft focus, and dark frame borders from the scanned film.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, soft contrast, flicker, and uneven exposure that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, nostalgic cutaway, or memory beat for lake vacations, swimming, summer leisure, or prewar family recreation.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation at Long Lake, Canada, without visible landmarks or social details beyond one adult swimmer in open water.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos, private property, or minors are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 8mm Long Lake Canada swimming, 1930s woman in lake, vintage home movie water recreation, and black-and-white vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Long Lake material, then other 1939 Canada lake scenes, then broader 1930s home-movie swimming or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Long Lake home-movie frame showing a woman swimming as splashes and ripples fill the shallow water. — A swimmer surfaces amid bright splashes on the lake.

A woman swims through Long Lake water in a grainy 1939 black-and-white home-movie frame. — The swimmer moves across the rippled lake surface.

The swimmer continues through shallow Long Lake water, with her head and arm visible above the ripples. — A low, close view follows the swimmer through the water.

A 1939 Long Lake frame shows the woman swimming with one arm lifted above the sparkling water. — The swimmer lifts an arm as the water glints around her.

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