Michigan USA-1968: Man In White Shirt Peacefully Fishing Aside A Calm Pond Among

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man In White Shirt Peacefully Fishing Aside A Calm Pond... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1968, showing a man in a white striped shirt standing peacefully by a calm pond. The scene is framed through dense green foliage and tree trunks, with the man facing the water in a serene natural setting. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm yellowish tint, visible grain, scratches, and soft focus, capturing a nostalgic moment of quiet recreation. The man appears to be fishing or simply enjoying the tranquil outdoors, embodying mid-century Americana and personal memory.

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: 122812987

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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s Michigan home-movie requests for quiet outdoor recreation, fishing, and mid-century leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, casual short-sleeve striped shirt, and metadata-dated 1968 setting may show late-1960s personal vacation or lakeside recreation.
Home-movie behavior: An unidentified man stands with his back to the camera at the water's edge, creating an unstaged home-movie view of solitary recreation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white striped shirt, dense green foliage, tree trunks, a calm pond or lake surface, grass at the bank, and soft reflected light.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, scratches, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief memory beat, nature cutaway, transition into outdoor leisure, or quiet insert within family-history material.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday recreational time near water rather than a documented public event, with the location supported only at the Michigan state level.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, privacy, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 Michigan 8mm fishing, man by pond home movie, 1960s lakeside recreation, and vintage family film nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Michigan outdoor scenes, then broader 1960s fishing, ponds, foliage, and quiet recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Michigan 8mm frame showing a man in a striped white shirt near calm water, partly obscured by trees and leafy growth. — A man stands at the pond edge through dense foliage and tree trunks.

A man faces the water in a wooded Michigan setting, with soft 8mm grain and foliage framing the pond view. — The figure remains turned toward the water in a quiet wooded shoreline view.

A 1968 home-movie frame shows the man from behind at the water's edge, framed by green brush, tree trunks, and soft reflected light. — The man stands still near the bank, with the pond visible beyond the foliage.

Michigan 8mm footage frame of a man at a quiet pond, seen through dark trunks and leafy branches with faded color and soft focus. — Foreground trees and leaves frame the man beside the still water.

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