Wisconsin USA-1957: Serene Lakeside View with Weeping Willows and Classic Car

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Serene Lakeside View with Weeping Willows and Classic Car — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957, captured from a boat or dock overlooking a serene lake. The view pans across a lush green shoreline with weeping willow trees, a grassy lawn, and a white house with a porch. A classic car is parked near the property, and the water reflects the surrounding foliage. The film shows natural grain, slight color fading, and a dark frame border, characteristic of 1950s amateur Super 8 footage. The scene evokes a peaceful, nostalgic summer day.

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: 121496100

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: Useful for requests needing 1950s Wisconsin home-movie lake scenery as a documentary insert, seasonal transition, or quiet residential shoreline cutaway.
Period detail: The parked mid-century car, 8mm color stock, and lakeside house may show late-1950s leisure or residential life in Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from across the water with an informal boat or dock viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel or summer-visit quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, weeping willow trees, trimmed lawn, a white lakeside house, a parked car, shoreline rocks, and distant small human figures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and dark gate edges that preserve the feel of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm establishing insert, reflective memory beat, transition between Wisconsin or lake scenes, or cutaway for mid-century leisure context.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a quiet residential lakeshore setting, with maintained lawns, mature trees, and a car near the water in the 1950s.
Research note: Human figures are distant and not individually identifiable, while copyright, likeness, location, and property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Wisconsin lake home movie, 8mm lakeside willow trees, vintage shoreline house, or mid-century summer lake footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wisconsin 1957 lake material, then with broader 1950s home-movie water and summer-residence scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing lake water, green shoreline, weeping willows, lawn, and a white house partly behind trees. — Lakeside lawn and willow trees viewed from across the water.

1957 Wisconsin home-movie view of a lakeshore lawn with willow trees, a parked mid-century car, water, and a white house at right. — Willow-lined shoreline with a parked car near the house.

1957 Wisconsin frame with rippling lake water in front of a green lawn, weeping willows, a white house, and a road or driveway beyond. — White house and shaded lawn along the lake edge.

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame looking across water to a willow-shaded lawn, parked car, shoreline rocks, and small distant figures. — Distant figures and a parked car on a willow-shaded lakeshore.

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