Wisconsin USA-1957: Family Boat Trip On The Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Family Boat Trip On The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, in 1957, capturing a family boat trip on a sunny day. The clip opens with a man in a white t-shirt and sunglasses smiling beside a woman with curly blonde hair against a bright blue sky. The scene shifts to a passenger inside the boat, wearing a red life jacket and a light-colored cap, resting with a patterned blanket. The final frames show a close-up of denim-clad legs and a woven basket on the boat's deck. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of mid-century American leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121496196

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits about family boating, lake leisure, and mid-century American vacation travel.
Period detail: Visible clues include casual 1950s-style leisure clothing, dark sunglasses, denim, a red life jacket, and small-boat seating captured on 8mm color film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family perspective, moving from adults smiling outdoors to quiet passenger details inside the boat.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man in sunglasses, a blonde woman, blue sky, a seated passenger in a red life jacket, denim clothing, boat rails, and a woven basket.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for family travel, boating, summer recreation, or lake-vacation sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects private mid-century leisure on the water, with family members and boat details presented through a personal home-movie viewpoint.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from visible-person concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Wisconsin family boat trip, 8mm lake vacation home movie, vintage boating leisure, and mid-century family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Wisconsin material, then broader family boating or summer lake leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a man in sunglasses and white shirt near a blonde woman on a sunny boat trip. — A man in sunglasses stands beside a blonde woman against the sky during the boat outing.

Passenger appears to rest inside the boat with a red life jacket, light cap, blanket, and curved rail visible. — A passenger rests inside the boat with a bright red life jacket and cap visible.

Close boat detail shows a red life jacket, denim clothing, light upholstery, and a rounded metal rail in the 8mm frame. — The camera lingers on boat seating, a red life jacket, denim fabric, and a curved rail.

Final frame shows denim-clad legs near the boat deck, with a woven basket and light-colored boat side in view. — A close boat-deck view shows denim legs, a woven basket, and the light side of the boat.

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