Wisconsin USA-1957: Man Fishing from Dock on Lake

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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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Man Fishing from Dock on Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957 captures a man fishing on a lake. The clip shows him standing on a dock or boat, casting his line into the blue water with houses visible along the shoreline. He wears a light-colored jacket and a cap, focused on his fishing. The scene is framed by the characteristic dark borders of old film, with natural color saturation and grain typical of 8mm footage. The atmosphere evokes a peaceful, nostalgic summer day.

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: 121496225

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, fishing, lakeside recreation, and home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The light jacket, cap, simple fishing tackle, shoreline cottages, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century recreational lake scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an older man fishing without staging, preserving a quiet home-movie view of ordinary outdoor leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a fishing rod, choppy blue lake water, dock or boat hardware, shoreline houses, rocks, winter-bare trees, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, handheld framing, and dark frame borders that add clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or establishing detail for Midwestern lake recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual lakeside recreation in a Wisconsin home-movie context, with shoreline housing suggesting a residential or vacation-lake setting.
Research note: A visible adult figure may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Wisconsin 8mm fishing footage, vintage lake recreation, home movie fisherman, and Midwestern shoreline leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel picnic or friends footage, then Wisconsin 1957 lake material, then broader vintage fishing and outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a man in a light jacket and cap fishing near choppy lake water with houses across the shore. — A man works a fishing rod near the water as homes line the opposite shore.

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame of a man fishing from a dock or boat edge, with rippled water and lakeside houses behind him. — The fisherman faces the water as his line extends out over the lake.

Rear view in 1957 Wisconsin 8mm footage of a man fishing over choppy lake water, framed by shoreline homes and dark film edges. — Seen from behind, the fisherman watches the lake from near the dock or boat edge.

1957 Wisconsin frame showing a man fishing beside rocks and dock hardware, with wind-ruffled lake water and houses in the distance. — The man stands at the water's edge as his rod points toward the lake.

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