Wisconsin USA-1957: People Ice Fish On Frozen Lake As Classic Cars Drive By

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Ice Fish On Frozen Lake As Classic Cars Drive By — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1957 shows a winter scene on a frozen lake. Two men in heavy coats are ice fishing on the snow-covered ice, one sitting on a bucket, the other standing nearby. In the background, a line of classic 1950s American cars drives along a snow-covered road beside the lake, with a wooded hill in the distance. The footage has a characteristic grainy, slightly faded color palette of 8mm film, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century winter recreation.

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: 121496413

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 Midwest winter recreation, frozen-lake activity, and classic-car roadside atmosphere in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century American cars, heavy winter coats, buckets, and ice-fishing gear on a frozen Wisconsin lake in footage dated 1957.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged view of people ice fishing while traffic passes behind them on a snowy lakeside road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bundled figures, a frozen lake, snow-covered ice, buckets or fishing gear, classic cars, a roadside embankment, and a wooded hill.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted winter color, slight exposure variation, and a steady home-movie framing from shore or nearby ice.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, seasonal insert, regional memory beat, or transition into mid-century winter life and outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday cold-weather leisure and roadside movement, with ice fishing in the foreground and 1950s car traffic in the background.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Searches such as 1957 Wisconsin ice fishing, 1950s frozen lake home movie, classic cars in snow, and 8mm winter recreation may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel winter footage, then other Wisconsin 1957 scenes, then broader 1950s ice fishing, snowy roads, and classic-car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wisconsin 1957 8mm frame showing a frozen lake, a bundled figure on the ice, classic cars, snow, and a wooded hill beyond the road. — A bundled figure is low on the frozen lake as mid-century cars pass along the snowy lakeside road.

Wisconsin 1957 winter frame with a seated ice fisher on the frozen lake and several mid-century cars passing beside a wooded hill. — A seated figure ice fishes on the open ice while cars move across the background road.

Wisconsin 1957 8mm frame showing two people ice fishing on a snowy frozen lake, with buckets, passing cars, and a wooded hill behind them. — Two bundled figures share the ice-fishing area as 1950s cars pass along the lakeside road.

Wisconsin 1957 frame with one person standing and another seated on the frozen lake, ice-fishing gear nearby, and classic cars on the road behind. — One person stands near gear while another sits on the ice, with passing cars and a dark wooded hill in the background.

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