Wisconsin USA-1957: People Rowing on Lake near Cabin

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Rowing on Lake near Cabin — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, in 1957, showing people enjoying a summer day on a lake. The clip features small rowboats with individuals rowing across calm waters, viewed through a window frame. The shoreline is lined with trees displaying early autumn colors, and a rustic cabin is visible in the distance. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic imperfections of mid-century amateur footage, capturing a nostalgic moment of outdoor recreation.

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: 121495173

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 1219 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: oke lake,cottage,ice fishing,swimming
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1957 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin lake recreation footage suited for documentary edits needing mid-century home-movie views of rowing, cabins, and autumn shoreline leisure.
Period detail: The 8mm color, small rowboats, wooded shoreline, and cabin architecture may show a mid-century recreational lake setting consistent with the 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer’s perspective, filmed through a window or frame as people row across the water in a casual vacation setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include small rowboats, distant people, rippled lake water, wooded autumn shoreline, cabins, a window frame, and physical film edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight color fade, dust marks, and handheld instability characteristic of amateur 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, lake-life cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat in a family, travel, or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor recreation on a wooded Wisconsin lake, with boats and lakeside cabins visible rather than formal public events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any identifiable property questions should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Wisconsin lake home movie, 8mm rowing boats, autumn cabin shoreline, and mid-century family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake footage, then Wisconsin 1957 outdoor scenes, then broader 1950s boating, vacation, and cabin-recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing distant people in small rowboats on rippled lake water near an autumn wooded shoreline. — Small rowboats move across a wooded Wisconsin lake, seen through the film frame.

1957 Wisconsin lake view with rippled water, autumn trees, and a distant lakeside cabin, partly framed by dark window bars. — A cabin sits along the far shore beyond rippled lake water and autumn trees.

Soft 1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a lakeshore with cabins or small structures behind rippled water and autumn trees. — The camera passes a wooded shoreline with small lakeside structures beyond the water.

1957 Wisconsin lake footage showing a small lakeside house or cabin among autumn trees, with water in the foreground. — A small lakeside building appears among autumn trees along the Wisconsin shoreline.

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