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Long Lake Canada-1939: People Boating on Lake

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

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People Boating on Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene boating scene on Long Lake, Canada. The footage opens with a close-up of a film projector's spool, then transitions to a wide view of calm waters and a tree-lined shore. A small boat with two people glides across the lake, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure. The grainy black-and-white image, with its characteristic film grain and soft focus, evokes a strong sense of historical authenticity and personal memory. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic projects exploring early 20th-century life.

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
124861577

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: Yes
  • 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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Topics & Keywords

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  • 1939 documentary
  • classic film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s Canadian home-movie requests needing quiet boating, lake recreation, or personal travel footage for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail
The black-and-white 8mm look, simple small boat, wooded shoreline, and opening projector view may show late-1930s amateur filming and leisure presentation.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a distant boat on open water from shore or another stable vantage point.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a film projector or reel mechanism, rippled lake water, tree-lined shore, distant buildings, and a small boat with people aboard.
Film character
Soft focus, heavy grain, rounded frame edges, gate shadows, and slight exposure variation give the scan a strong original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, lake-life cutaway, travel transition, or establishing insert for prewar Canadian leisure.
Historical context
The footage visually places everyday recreation in a wooded lakeside setting without confirming identities, exact shoreline, or the nature of the outing.
Research note
People and a visible projector brand or marking require review for likeness and trademark context, separate from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1939 8mm Canada lake boating, Long Lake home movie, black-and-white boating footage, and vintage waterside recreation.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Long Lake or 1939 Canada footage, then broader vintage boating and lakeside leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up of a film projector or reel mechanism in black-and-white 8mm footage, with a partial marking visible on the machine.

A projector mechanism fills the frame at the start of the clip.

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Long Lake, Canada, shown as rippled water with a dark tree-lined shore and small distant structures in 1939 home-movie footage.

The camera looks across the lake toward a wooded shoreline.

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A wide 1939 Long Lake view shows rippled water, a low wooded shoreline, and soft 8mm frame edges.

Open water and a low forested shore dominate the frame.

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A small boat carrying visible people moves across Long Lake, Canada, with wooded shore behind it in 1939 8mm footage.

A small boat with people aboard appears against the tree-lined shore.

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