Wisconsin USA-1953: Recreation In The Park With Canoe Rides And Family

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Wisconsin

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Recreation In The Park With Canoe Rides And Family — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1953 captures a serene lakeside park scene. The clip opens on a grassy clearing with wooden picnic tables surrounded by dense trees, where a few people stroll in period attire. As the camera pans left, several classic wooden canoes with red trim are shown resting on the grass near the water's edge. The final frames reveal a calm lake with a dock and more boats, viewed through lush green foliage. The film exhibits natural 1950s color saturation, slight grain, and a nostalgic, unscripted quality typical of family vacation footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121493493

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 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet park recreation insert with canoes, picnic tables, trees, and lakeside leisure.
Period detail: The wooden canoes, simple picnic tables, 8mm color stock, and casual park setting support a mid-century recreation scene without identifying a specific park.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor's wandering perspective, briefly observing boats, shade trees, and distant parkgoers rather than staged activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooded lawns, picnic tables, wooden canoes with red trim, a small park shelter, a lakeside dock, calm water, and leafy foreground branches.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, mild grain, handheld panning, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that read as authentic family-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short establishing cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century outdoor recreation and family vacation sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary lakeside park leisure in Wisconsin, with canoes and picnic areas suggesting public recreation rather than a formal event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private property are apparent.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Wisconsin park home movie, 8mm canoe rides, mid-century lakeside recreation, wooded picnic area, and vintage family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Wisconsin 1953 material, then broader 1950s park, canoeing, lake, and family recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a shaded park lawn with picnic tables, canoes near the grass, and a small shelter among trees. — A wooded lakeside park area with picnic tables and canoes visible through dark frame edges.

1953 Wisconsin park footage frame with several wooden canoes near the water edge, trees, picnic tables, and a small shelter in the background. — Canoes with light hulls and red trim sit beside a tree-lined lakeside recreation area.

1953 Wisconsin home-movie still showing canoes along a shaded waterway, with a park shelter and picnic area partly obscured by foliage. — The camera looks across canoes and a water channel toward trees and a small park shelter.

1953 Wisconsin lakeside park frame with calm water, docked canoes, dense trees, and a dark foreground trunk framing the view. — A shaded final view catches calm water and boats through trees at the lakeside park.

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