Long Lake Canada-1939: Man in Swim Trunks Skipping Rock Across Lake

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Man in Swim Trunks Skipping Rock Across Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a young man in swim trunks walking through a wooded area near Long Lake, Canada. He carries a towel and smiles at the camera before approaching the water's edge. The grainy black and white footage shows him skipping a rock across the lake's surface, with trees lining the shore. The natural, unscripted moment reflects mid-century leisure and outdoor recreation in a rustic Canadian setting.

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: 124861504

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$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 home-movie requests needing outdoor leisure, lake recreation, or a brief personal memory beat with a man near wooded water.
Period detail: The swim trunks, towel, simple lakeside steps, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s informal summer recreation in a rustic wooded setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual, unstaged interaction as the man smiles toward the camera, moves down the bank, and skips a rock at the water's edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man in dark swim trunks, a towel, wooded bank, exposed roots, simple steps or railing, lake water, shoreline trees, and a thrown stone.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, handheld framing, frame-edge vignetting, and variable exposure typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or reflective cutaway for lake holidays, youthful recreation, Canadian travel, or private-family memory sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor leisure by a wooded lake, with no visible commercial setting, signage, or organized event beyond the home-movie activity shown.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, audible music, children, or clear private-property identifiers are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Canada lake footage, black-and-white home movie man skipping rocks, Long Lake summer recreation, and vintage wooded shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake material, then broader Canadian lake recreation or 1930s home-movie leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Long Lake home-movie footage, a shirtless man in swim trunks smiles while holding a towel near trees and a rough lakeside bank. — A man with a towel pauses near the wooded bank before going toward the water.
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The man descends a sloped wooded bank near Long Lake, holding a towel and looking toward the camera in black-and-white 8mm footage. — The man steps down the rough bank, still carrying his towel.
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A shirtless man in swim trunks stands in shallow lake water and winds up with a small stone, with rippled water behind him. — Standing in the lake, the man prepares to throw a stone across the water.
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The man follows through after skipping a rock across the lake surface, framed by rippled water and dark 8mm film edges. — The throw finishes as the man watches the rock travel across the lake.
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