Long Lake Canada-1939: Man in Swim Trunks by Tree at Lake

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

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Man in Swim Trunks by Tree at Lake — Clip Details

A man in vintage swim trunks stands barefoot at the edge of Long Lake Canada in 1939, holding a stick near a large tree trunk. Shot on 8mm film, the black and white footage captures the natural shoreline with gentle waves lapping the shore. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, evoking a quiet, nostalgic moment of early 20th-century leisure by the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861481

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$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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Canadian lakeside leisure, home-movie shoreline inserts, and documentary sequences needing quiet vintage recreation footage.
Period detail: The swim trunks, barefoot shoreline setting, black-and-white 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1939 date point to late-1930s amateur filming.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears casually observed near the tree and waterline, giving the clip an unstaged family-film quality rather than a posed production scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man in swim trunks, a large shoreline tree, driftwood or roots, a stick or branch, lake water, small waves, sand, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, high-contrast monochrome exposure, and slight handheld framing give the footage a recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a lakeside cutaway, memory beat, transition into recreation material, or quiet insert between broader travel or family scenes.
Historical context: The clip shows informal outdoor leisure at a Canadian lake, with attention on shoreline activity rather than identifiable public events or landmarks.
Research note: A person is visible and may be identifiable in profile or from behind, so likeness review remains separate from copyright and location assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Canada lake footage, Long Lake shoreline home movie, vintage swimmer by water, and black-and-white 1930s recreation clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Long Lake material, then with 1939 Canadian lake scenes, then with broader vintage swimming, shoreline, and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Long Lake, Canada in 1939, a barefoot man in dark swim trunks stands beside a large shoreline tree near gentle water. — A man stands at the lake edge beside a large tree and driftwood.
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The man turns in profile beside the tree as waves move behind him.

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Small waves roll onto the Long Lake shore while the upper part of the frame still shows the lakeside tree and man near the water. — Rippling lake water reaches the shore beneath the tree-side scene.
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The frame settles on Long Lake water and a foamy wave pattern near shore, with no clear figure visible in this extracted still. — A small wave breaks across the shallow lakeshore.
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