Wisconsin USA-1957: Man And Woman On Motorboat At Lake

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man And Woman On Motorboat At Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 1957 home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, showing a man and woman on a motorboat. The clip opens with a close-up of the man's green trousers and white boat railing, then reveals him in a white t-shirt and dark green pants standing at the helm. The camera pans up to show his back against a blue sky, then includes a woman with blonde hair beside him. The scene captures a nostalgic summer day on the water, with authentic 8mm film grain and color palette.

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: 121496166

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin leisure, boating, lake recreation, and home-movie sequences needing authentic summer footage with visible adults on a motorboat.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color, boat railing, and metadata-supported 1957 date place the scene in mid-century lake recreation without visible landmarks or brands.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing catches adults from behind and at close range, giving the clip an unstaged family-vacation perspective from aboard the boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white boat rail, green trousers, a man in a white t-shirt, a blonde woman, lake water, blue sky, clouds, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the tactile feel of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for summer travel, boating, lake life, or mid-century family recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal postwar-era leisure on the water, showing adults riding or standing on a motorboat during a sunny lake outing.
Research note: Adults are visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, brands, music, or private property are evident in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1957 Wisconsin lake home movie, 8mm motorboat footage, 1950s summer boating, and mid-century family vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1957 lake footage, then broader 1950s boating or summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a close view of an adult's green trousers near a white motorboat railing with lake water behind. — Close detail of an adult standing beside the boat railing on the lake.

Adult man in a white t-shirt and green trousers stands near the helm of a motorboat during a 1957 Wisconsin lake outing. — Man standing aboard the motorboat with lake water in the background.

Back view of an adult man in a white t-shirt filmed from a motorboat, with blue sky and clouds in the 1957 Wisconsin lake scene. — Back view of the man as the camera tilts upward toward the sky.

Adult man and blonde woman seen from behind aboard a motorboat in Wisconsin, 1957, with blue sky and soft 8mm film texture. — Man and woman stand together on the boat during the lake outing.

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