Long Lake Canada-1939: A Man On A Boat On A Lake

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

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A Man On A Boat On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in swim trunks at a lakeside in Long Lake, Canada. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him standing barefoot on a boat, then walking along the shore. The sequence includes close-ups of his legs and back, followed by a wide view of the calm lake bordered by dense forest. The natural, unscripted moments evoke a sense of nostalgia and quiet summer leisure from the late 1930s.

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: 124861602

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 lake leisure requests needing brief home-movie material of a man, small boat, shoreline and forested water views.
Period detail: The swim trunks, simple boat scene and black-and-white 8mm handling may show late-1930s recreational lake travel without visible brands or dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged view of a man balancing on a boat and moving near the water as a family camera observes summer leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a barefoot man in swim trunks, the edge of a boat, rippled lake water, wooded shoreline, distant lakeside structures and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has strong 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat or transition between broader sequences about Canadian lakes, boating or prewar summer recreation.
Historical context: The footage suggests quiet lakeside recreation in Canada in 1939, with a solitary adult figure and a forested shore rather than organized public activity.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, property and privacy clearance should be assessed separately from the stock metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 8mm Canadian lake home movie, man on boat, vintage lakeside swimming, forest shoreline and Long Lake Canada footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Long Lake Canada material, then similar 1930s lake, boating and summer leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1939 8mm view at Long Lake, Canada, showing a man’s bare feet and lower legs on a boat above rippled lake water. — A barefoot man stands on the edge of a small boat over the lake.

Side view from 1939 Long Lake footage showing a shirtless man in swim trunks near the water with distant shoreline behind him. — A man in swim trunks is filmed from the side near the lake.

Grainy 8mm view across Long Lake, Canada, with rippled water, dense trees and small distant lakeside structures on shore. — The camera looks across the lake toward a wooded shoreline.

Wide 1939 Long Lake view showing rippled water, dense forest, a small shoreline structure and home-movie frame edges. — A calm lake fills the foreground below a forested Canadian shoreline.

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