Wisconsin USA-1957: Ice Fishing On A Sunday Afternoon

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ice Fishing On A Sunday Afternoon — Clip Details

Vintage 1957 home movie footage from Wisconsin USA showing people ice fishing on a frozen lake. A woman in a plaid headscarf and light coat bends over the ice, followed by a man in a dark coat and yellow hat using a tool to drill or check a hole. The scene unfolds on a vast, snow-covered frozen lake under an overcast sky, with a distant treeline visible. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film characteristics: grainy texture, muted colors, and natural imperfections. This authentic archival clip captures a quiet winter pastime with nostalgic, documentary-style realism.

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: 121496370

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 U.S. winter recreation coverage, especially documentary or educational edits needing brief home-movie views of ice fishing on a frozen Wisconsin lake.
Period detail: The light winter coats, knit cap, plaid headscarf, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-century family recreation setting consistent with the 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the small practical gestures of people bending over the ice and checking or opening a fishing hole in a quiet outdoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a frozen lake surface, snow patches, a hand tool near the ice, a marker stake, distant shoreline, low hills or treeline, and overcast sky.
Film character: Muted color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short winter recreation insert, a memory beat, or a cutaway between broader scenes of Midwestern family life or seasonal outdoor activity.
Historical context: The footage shows ice fishing as a social winter pastime on a broad frozen lake, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact lake or community.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated; copyright status remains separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Wisconsin ice fishing, vintage 8mm frozen lake footage, home movie winter recreation, and archival Midwestern outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1957 Wisconsin winter scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie footage of fishing, lakes, snow, and family leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Wisconsin home-movie footage, a woman in a light coat and plaid headscarf bends toward the ice on a frozen lake. — A woman bends over the snow-covered lake ice, with dark shoreline visible in the distance.

A man in a dark coat and yellow hat stands on the frozen Wisconsin lake near a stake, holding a small tool or object. — A man stands on the ice near a marker stake, with the frozen lake and distant shore behind him.

The man leans forward on the frozen Wisconsin lake, appearing to check or work at a spot in the ice with a small tool. — The man bends over the ice as if checking or preparing an ice-fishing hole.

A man crouches over the frozen lake ice in Wisconsin, using or positioning a tool near a possible ice-fishing hole. — The man crouches low over the ice, working near a small opening or marked spot.

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