North Dakota USA-1953: People Sliding on Frozen Lake

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Sliding on Frozen Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from North Dakota USA in 1953 shows three people walking and playfully sliding across a frozen lake. Two women and one man, dressed in winter coats—one in red, one in dark blue—move across the icy surface, their reflections visible in the water. The scene unfolds under a pale sky with a golden-brown field in the background, and a classic car is parked nearby. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color fading, and a soft focus typical of mid-century amateur footage, capturing a candid 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, 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: 122622180

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: North Dakota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s North Dakota winter recreation requests, especially documentary or education edits needing candid home-movie views of people on a frozen lake.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century winter clothing, a parked classic car, and 8mm color home-movie texture consistent with the supplied 1953 North Dakota metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Three adults appear to walk, balance, and playfully slide on the ice, giving the scene an unstaged family or friend outing quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, winter coats, a red coat, dark coats, frozen lake surface, reflections, open field, pale sky, and a parked car.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and slight frame instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter memory beat, recreational cutaway, rural 1950s insert, or transitional shot within a family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for informal outdoor winter leisure in a rural setting, without establishing a specific town or named lake.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from any personal rights assessment.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s North Dakota frozen lake, 8mm home movie winter recreation, people sliding on ice, and rural family footage with classic car.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel winter scenes, then with North Dakota 1953 footage, then with broader 1950s rural recreation or family home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adults on a frozen lake in North Dakota, supported by metadata, move across the ice in soft 1950s 8mm home-movie footage. — Two people move together across the frozen lake surface.

Two adults in winter coats glide on a frozen North Dakota lake, with open fields behind them and a small dark form at the right edge. — Two adults slide across the ice with a field in the background.

Three adults walk or slide on a frozen lake in North Dakota, with a parked mid-century car visible behind them near open fields. — Three people cross the ice with a parked car in the background.

Three adults on a frozen North Dakota lake face the camera, one in a red coat gesturing, with a parked car and rural field behind them. — Three adults face the camera while crossing the frozen lake.

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