Wisconsin USA-1957: Lake Shoreline from the Water

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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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Lake Shoreline from the Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957, capturing a serene lake shoreline view from a moving boat. The clip shows a calm body of water with a tree-lined shore, small houses nestled among the greenery, and a distant island. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and visible grain. The camera moves steadily, offering a nostalgic perspective through a window frame, evoking mid-century American leisure and nature. This authentic archival material is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121496128

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin lake-life, boating, shoreline, and quiet vacation inserts in documentary or period editorial projects.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century leisure travel from a boat, with wooded shorelines, small lakeside structures, and open water visible in soft 8mm color.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the shoreline from a moving boat or through a window frame, giving the clip an unstaged family-trip viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, wooded shoreline, small shore buildings, distant bluffs, hazy sky, and dark vertical window or film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, mild exposure variation, visible grain, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, travel transition, lake cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects recreational viewing of a Wisconsin lake landscape without visible people, signage, vehicles, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any distant shoreline property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1957 Wisconsin 8mm lake shoreline, home movie boat view, wooded lake shore, or mid-century vacation water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wisconsin or 1957 lake footage, then broader 1950s boating and vacation landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing lake water, wooded shoreline, and small distant lakeside structures from a boat viewpoint. — Tree-lined lake shore seen across the water from a moving viewpoint.

1957 Wisconsin lake view with open water, dense trees, and distant shore structures framed by dark vertical edges. — Wooded shoreline and small structures across the lake.

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a broad lake surface and distant low shoreline bluffs under a muted sky. — Distant shoreline and low bluffs across the lake.

1957 Wisconsin lake scene with open water, a distant tree-lined shore, and a small wooded point at the frame edge. — Open lake with distant shore and wooded land at the edge of frame.

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