Wisconsin USA-1958: Young Man Walks Through Forest Toward Water

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Man Walks Through Forest Toward Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in Wisconsin, showing a young man walking through a dense forest. The clip opens with a dark silhouette against a blue-lit water surface, then transitions to a sun-dappled woodland scene. A young man in a striped shirt walks through the trees, his figure partially obscured by shadows and foliage. The camera follows him from behind as he moves deeper into the woods, with sunlight filtering through the canopy. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, natural lighting, and authentic 1950s home movie quality, capturing a nostalgic moment of outdoor recreation.

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: 121499853

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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for requests needing an outdoor recreation insert, woodland walking shot, or fishing-trip memory beat.
Period detail: The striped shirt, small-gauge color film texture, and metadata-supported 1958 Wisconsin setting place the scene in a midcentury home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged follow shot of a young man moving through trees, with the camera reacting to shade, foliage, and glimpses of water or sky.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark tree trunks, dense leaves, bright canopy light, a striped shirt, shadowed woodland ground, and brief blue water-like reflections.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, strong contrast, underexposed shadows, blown canopy highlights, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a transition into a fishing outing, a cutaway for rural woods, or a short reflective memory beat between brighter outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents private outdoor recreation in wooded Wisconsin rather than a public event, with the landscape and walking action carrying the context.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable in these frames; review likeness considerations separately from copyright and confirm any reel-level ownership records.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Wisconsin woods home movie, 8mm fishing trip walk, young man in forest, and midcentury outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin outdoor footage, then broader woods, fishing, and family-recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame with a mostly silhouetted figure against blue reflections and heavy woodland shadow. — A dark opening frame shows a figure near blue-toned reflections in deep shade.

A shadowed Wisconsin woodland frame shows bright canopy light and a striped figure partly hidden among trees. — Sunlight breaks through dense trees while the walking figure remains mostly obscured.

In a high-contrast 1958 Wisconsin woodland shot, a figure moves through trees under bright canopy light. — The camera follows movement through a shaded forest with bright patches of sun above.

A final shadowed 8mm frame shows dense Wisconsin foliage with a partly visible person near the right edge. — The figure passes toward the edge of frame as trees and bright foliage dominate the view.

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