Long Lake Canada-1939: Swimmer in Swim Cap and Woman at Water's Edge

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

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Swimmer in Swim Cap and Woman at Water's Edge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a swimmer in a classic swim cap gliding through the water at Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the swimmer emerging from the lake, with ripples and splashes surrounding them. In a later frame, a woman in a vintage swimsuit and swim cap stands at the water's edge, adjusting her cap. The final frame shifts to a smiling woman in a jacket and sweater standing in a wooded area, suggesting a day of outdoor recreation. The film exhibits natural 8mm grain, soft focus, and authentic period details, evoking a nostalgic 1930s summer memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 124861428

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: Useful for 1930s Canadian lake recreation requests needing brief home-movie swimming, water-edge leisure, or summer memory material for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The swim caps, modest swimwear, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene within late-1930s outdoor recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged family-outing feel, with a swimmer moving through open water and a woman near the shoreline adjusting her cap between takes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, swimmers, swim caps, splashes, shoreline trees, a vintage swimsuit, soft focus, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip shows pronounced 8mm grain, soft contrast, slight underexposure, handheld framing, and contact-print edge darkness that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for summer recreation, lake travel, swimming, or family leisure in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene documents informal lakeside swimming and bathing attire at Long Lake, Canada, without showing named landmarks or organized public events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even where copyright status and physical film ownership are separately documented.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 8mm lake swimming, Long Lake Canada home movie, vintage swim cap footage, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake footage, then broader Canadian lake, swimming, and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A swimmer in a cap moves through Long Lake, Canada, in 1939 home-movie footage, with ripples and splashes surrounding the head and shoulders. — Swimmer moves through the lake with water splashing around the shoulders.

A capped swimmer moves away through rippled water at Long Lake, Canada, in a grainy 1939 8mm home-movie frame. — Capped swimmer glides through rippled lake water.

A woman in vintage swimwear and a cap stands at the water's edge at Long Lake, Canada, adjusting her cap in 1939 home-movie footage. — Woman at the shoreline adjusts her swim cap beside the lake.

A woman in a swim cap and vintage swimsuit stands near Long Lake, Canada, turned toward the camera in a soft 1939 8mm frame. — Woman in swim cap stands by the lakeside facing the camera.

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