Wisconsin USA-1957: A Person Wearing Heavy Winter Clothes Fishing Through A Hole

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Person Wearing Heavy Winter Clothes Fishing Through A Hole — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, in 1957, showing a person in heavy winter clothing ice fishing on a frozen lake. The clip opens with a wide shot of a figure in a dark parka walking across the snow-covered ice near a small wooden outhouse, with a classic car visible in the background. The scene shifts to a close-up of a hole in the ice, where a fishing rod is positioned. A second person, wearing a plaid hat and light jacket, leans over the hole, actively engaged in fishing. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 characteristics, capturing a nostalgic moment of winter recreation.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121496362

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 for productions needing a brief winter recreation or ice-fishing insert with visible people on a frozen lake.
Period detail: The heavy parkas, simple wooden ice shelter, snowy lake setting, and distant period car support the supplied 1957 Wisconsin context without identifying a specific town.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-film value, observing bundled people walking on the ice and checking a fishing hole during a cold-weather outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a frozen lake, snow, an ice-fishing hole, a short rod, bundled winter clothing, a wooden shelter, a distant car, and a person bending near the ice.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, muted winter color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, seasonal transition, memory beat, or visual insert for winter leisure, rural recreation, or family archive sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century recreational ice fishing as seen through a domestic camera, emphasizing winter clothing, frozen-lake activity, and casual outdoor companionship.
Research note: People are visible and at least one face appears, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and location-use assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Wisconsin ice fishing 8mm, frozen lake home movie, winter recreation footage, and vintage family film ice hole fishing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Wisconsin winter footage, then broader mid-century ice fishing or snowy outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Wisconsin footage, a bundled person crosses snowy lake ice near a small wooden shelter with a distant car behind them. — A bundled figure walks across the frozen lake near a small wooden shelter.

A close 1957 Wisconsin view shows a bundled person standing on packed snow beside a round ice-fishing hole and rod. — A bundled person stands beside an ice-fishing hole on the snowy lake surface.

The camera looks down at a bundled person's boots and legs beside an ice-fishing hole and rod on the Wisconsin lake ice. — Boots and a rod sit close to the round fishing hole in the ice.

A person in a plaid hat and light jacket bends over the snowy Wisconsin lake ice while tending the fishing spot. — A person bends over the ice while tending the fishing area.

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