Wisconsin USA-1958: Five People Sitting On Picnic Bench Eating On Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Five People Sitting On Picnic Bench Eating On Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin, USA, in 1958 showing five people seated on a picnic bench outdoors on a sunny day. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and tie sits on the left, next to a woman in a light-colored blouse, with three others beside them, all holding plates and eating. The scene is set against a backdrop of green grass and a wire fence, with natural sunlight creating strong contrast and deep shadows. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of mid-century American family recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121501616

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for 1950s American home-life sequences needing candid outdoor eating, family recreation, or picnic bench cutaways from real 8mm footage.
Period detail: Clothing such as a short-sleeved dress shirt with tie, light blouses, and headscarf may show late-1950s casual gathering styles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged pause as seated adults hold plates, eat, and turn toward one another in bright outdoor shade.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include five seated adults, picnic plates, a bench or ledge, a dark doorway or shaded structure, green grass, and a wire fence.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, heavy contrast, soft focus, motion blur, and dark frame edges that give it a recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, social gathering insert, picnic cutaway, or transition within a mid-century family recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects an informal outdoor meal in Wisconsin, with adults seated together in sunlight and shade rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or clear private-property identifiers are visible, and copyright status is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Research matches include 1958 Wisconsin picnic home movie, 1950s adults eating outdoors, 8mm family recreation footage, and vintage picnic bench scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 outdoor scenes, then broader 1950s picnic or family eating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Five adults sit close together outdoors in Wisconsin home-movie footage, holding plates beside a dark doorway and sunlit grass. — Adults sit on a bench or ledge with plates during an outdoor meal.

The group remains seated in strong shade, with a man in a white shirt and tie at left and sunlit grass behind. — Seated adults eat from plates while bright grass and fencing show beyond the shade.

Adults sit shoulder to shoulder on a shaded bench or ledge, with one woman holding a plate and others turned toward the camera. — A seated group pauses with plates during a sunny outdoor gathering.

The adults turn slightly along the shaded bench while holding plates, with bright grass and a wire fence visible behind them. — The group shifts on the bench as they continue eating outdoors.

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