Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin USA-1954: Mini Golf Village with Water Mill and Pond

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Wisconsin Dells

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Mini Golf Village with Water Mill and Pond — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1954 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA, showing a charming miniature golf course. The clip features a red ticket booth with two men entering, a picturesque water mill structure, and a small pond reflecting the surrounding greenery and quaint buildings. Visitors stroll through the manicured grounds, enjoying the sunny day. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic 1950s aesthetic, capturing a slice of mid-century American family recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121493750

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: 1954 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 Dells, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s documentary or educational requests needing mid-century leisure, roadside recreation, or family-travel atmosphere in Wisconsin Dells.
Period detail: The manicured miniature-golf setting, small decorative mill, ticket-booth style structures, and faded 8mm color support a mid-1950s recreational travel scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective across the pond, observing people strolling and gathering in the grounds rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reflective pond, trimmed lawns, small trees, a decorative water-mill structure, walkways, flower beds, and distant visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition beat for Wisconsin Dells recreation and 1950s family vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a landscaped leisure attraction where visitors move through a themed miniature-golf environment during postwar American vacation travel.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Searches for 1954 Wisconsin Dells 8mm home movie, miniature golf village, water mill pond, vintage family recreation, and mid-century travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Wisconsin Dells footage, then other 1954 Wisconsin travel scenes, then broader mid-century miniature golf or family recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Wisconsin Dells miniature-golf scene with a reflective pond, decorative mill, landscaped paths, and small distant figures. — A pond reflects the miniature-golf village, with the small mill structure and visitors across the lawn.

Across the pond in Wisconsin Dells, the 1954 home movie shows a miniature-golf mill, lawns, paths, and distant visitors. — The camera looks over the water toward the mill structure and landscaped miniature-golf grounds.

The 1954 Wisconsin Dells footage shows visitors moving through a landscaped miniature-golf village beside a reflective pond. — Visitors appear among the paths and plantings beside the miniature-golf pond.

A 1954 Wisconsin Dells miniature-golf view shows landscaped lawns, a pond, planted beds, and visitors across the grounds. — The final frame holds on the pond and garden-like miniature-golf setting with people in the distance.

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