Wisconsin USA-1957: Panoramic Footage Of A Lake With Green Grass And Trees

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Panoramic Footage Of A Lake With Green Grass And Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1957 showing a serene lakeside view in Wisconsin. The clip captures a lush green shoreline with dense trees, including weeping willows, and a grassy bank. A small wooden dock extends into the calm water, with a white boat visible on the shore in later frames. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a natural, unscripted feel, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American nature and leisure.

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: 121496110

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 lakeside home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about American leisure, nature travel, or family memory.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century lakeside recreation through an 8mm view of mown grass, mature trees, a small dock, and a simple shoreline boat.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from across the water with an unstaged, drifting home-movie pan rather than a composed tourism view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include rippled lake water, grassy banks, weeping willows, dense tree cover, a small dock, a white boat, and glimpses of shoreline structures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, transition, or memory beat establishing a rural Wisconsin lake setting.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private mid-century outdoor view of lakeside greenery and recreation space without visible people or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, though copyright and any property or location rights should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1957 Wisconsin 8mm lake footage, 1950s home movie shoreline, or vintage American lake landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Wisconsin lake material, then other 1957 Wisconsin outdoor footage, then broader 1950s American nature and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing lake water, a mown grassy bank, weeping willows, dense trees, and a small dock. — A quiet lakeshore with willow trees and a small dock across the water.

1957 Wisconsin lakeside view with rippled water in front of grass, willow trees, wooded hillside, and a small dock. — The shoreline continues past willow trees and a small dock on the grassy bank.

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing lake water, a leafy shoreline, dense trees, and a small pale-roofed structure partly obscured. — A tree-covered bank and partially hidden lakeside structure appear beyond the water.

1957 Wisconsin lake view with rippled water, a wooded bank, a small white boat on shore, and a structure partly visible through trees. — A small white boat rests near the wooded shoreline as the lake fills the foreground.

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