Wisconsin USA-1957: Man Fishing from Shoreline near Lakeside Town

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Fishing from Shoreline near Lakeside Town — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957 shows a man in a light jacket and hat fishing from a rocky shoreline. He stands on a small pier or dock, casting his line into the choppy blue water. In the background, a lakeside town with houses and trees is visible across the lake. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of a grandfather teaching a child to fish. The scene is framed by the dark edges of the film projector, emphasizing its archival nature.

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: 121496231

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage suited to requests for lakeside recreation, family fishing, and small-town waterfront life.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, shoreline structures, and houses across the lake support a mid-century recreational setting, with the 1957 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an adult fishing from a dock or shoreline, creating an unstaged family-recreation moment rather than a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy lake water, an adult with a fishing rod, a small dock or railing, rocks, shoreline houses, bare trees, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld blur that signal home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for family leisure, fishing lessons, lakeside towns, or mid-century outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday lakeside recreation in Wisconsin, with residential shoreline buildings and open water suggesting a local family outing.
Research note: People are visible from behind or at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1950s Wisconsin lake fishing, vintage 8mm family fishing, grandfather teaching fishing, and lakeside town home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1957 lake scenes, then broader 1950s family recreation or fishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing an adult seen from behind fishing beside choppy lake water and a distant shoreline town. — An adult stands near the water with a fishing rod as houses line the far shore.

A 1957 Wisconsin lakeside view shows an adult from behind near a dock, with rippled water and shoreline homes beyond. — The fisher stands at the edge of the lake while the town shoreline remains visible in the background.

The frame emphasizes the small dock or shoreline structure, rocks, and choppy lake, with the adult partly cropped at left. — A dock railing and rocky shoreline frame the lake as the fisher moves partly out of view.

A 1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame shows the dock railing, rocks, lake water, and distant residential shoreline after the fisher leaves view. — The shot settles on the dock structure and rocky lakeshore beside the water.

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