Wisconsin USA-1957: Family On Speedboat Preparing To Leave Dock

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Family On Speedboat Preparing To Leave Dock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957 showing a family on a white speedboat at a lakeside dock. A man in a white cap and dark jacket stands at the stern while two others, including a woman in a light blouse, prepare to depart. The boat, a classic white motorboat with a small outboard engine, gently rocks on calm blue water. The scene captures a nostalgic summer vacation moment with natural lighting, film grain, and slight color fading characteristic of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121496065

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing a brief lakeside family boating departure or summer vacation insert.
Period detail: The white runabout, small outboard motor, casual clothing, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century recreational boating scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as family members settle into the boat and look toward one another before leaving the dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, outboard engine, dock edge, calm lake water, wooded shoreline, distant hills, and three adults aboard.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and gentle handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a 1950s lake vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar leisure culture through a family boating outing on a Wisconsin lake, based on supplied date and location metadata.
Research note: People's faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private property are visible.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Wisconsin 8mm lake vacation, family speedboat at dock, vintage home movie boating, and 1950s summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1957 Wisconsin lake scenes, then broader vintage family vacation boating clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing adults on a white motorboat at a lakeside dock with wooded shoreline in the distance. — Family members prepare aboard a white motorboat at the dock.

Adults aboard a white motorboat on a Wisconsin lake appear to prepare for departure in this 1957 8mm frame. — Two seated adults and one standing adult are visible on the boat.

1957 Wisconsin lake footage shows a woman and two men aboard a white motorboat near the dock, with shoreline beyond. — The group shifts positions while the boat waits near the dock.

A 1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame shows three adults on a white motorboat beside the dock before departure. — The boat sits close to the dock as the passengers prepare to leave.

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