Wisconsin USA-1957: Small Island Covered In Trees Surrounded By Water

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Small Island Covered In Trees Surrounded By Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1957 showing a serene lake view from a moving boat. The clip captures a small, tree-covered island surrounded by calm water, with lush green foliage and distant shoreline visible. The image has a classic Super 8 film look with natural color tones, slight grain, and a dark frame border suggesting a window view. The camera moves steadily, revealing different angles of the island and surrounding landscape under an overcast sky. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American nature scenes, perfect for historical or documentary projects.

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: 121496139

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin 8mm lake scenery useful for documentary inserts about Midwestern leisure travel, inland waterways, or quiet nature views.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century home-movie lake travel, with color 8mm framing, soft focus, and boat-level views of a wooded island.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming from a moving boat, watching the island pass rather than staging a scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a small grassy island, clustered trees, distant shoreline, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft color, slight exposure variation, and gate-edge framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a serene cutaway, transition, travel insert, or memory beat within a mid-century lake or vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational lake observation in Wisconsin without visible people, buildings, boats in close view, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1957 Wisconsin lake 8mm, 1950s home movie island, tree-covered island water, and vintage Midwestern boat view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1957 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1950s nature, boating, and home-movie travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm view of a small wooded island across calm water, seen from a moving boat with distant shoreline beyond. — A small tree-covered island sits across calm lake water under a pale sky.

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a wooded island centered in the lake, with calm water and distant shoreline visible. — The camera centers on the wooded island as the boat moves past.

1957 Wisconsin 8mm boat view passing the island edge, with rippled water, clustered trees, and a soft pale sky. — The passing view shows the island's tree line and grassy edge near the water.

1957 Wisconsin lake scene with a closer view of dense trees on a small island and rippled water in the foreground. — A closer angle shows dense trees covering the island above the rippled lake surface.

Visually Similar Clips