Sebring Ohio USA-1942: Man Skidding Across Frozen Lake In Vintage 8mm Footage

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Year1942
Decade1940s
LocationSebring, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1942 Sebring Ohio

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Man Skidding Across Frozen Lake In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

A man in a long brown coat and hat walks across a frozen lake in Sebring, Ohio, in 1942. He carries a briefcase and skids slightly on the icy surface, his movements captured in grainy 8mm home movie footage. The winter landscape features a snow-covered shoreline with distant trees under a pale sky. The film shows natural wear, including scratches and soft focus, characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movies. A child in a winter hat appears briefly in the foreground, adding a candid, nostalgic feel to the scene.

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: 123129913

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1942 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: Sebring, Ohio, 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie winter footage for requests needing an everyday outdoor ice scene, informal period movement, or a brief Midwestern seasonal insert.
Period detail: The long overcoat, brimmed hat, dark winter footwear, and frozen lake setting may show everyday cold-weather dress and recreation in the early 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged moment of a man carefully crossing slick ice while adjusting his balance, with a nearby foreground figure briefly entering the family-film view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a brown coat and hat, a briefcase or satchel, frozen lake ice, distant wooded shoreline, pale winter sky, and a bundled foreground figure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short winter cutaway, memory beat, transition between domestic scenes, or visual insert for icy conditions and cautious movement.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for informal winter life on a frozen lake in Sebring, Ohio, without establishing a specific event or public occasion.
Research note: People and possible faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos, music, or clear private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm frozen lake, Sebring Ohio home movie winter, man skidding on ice, vintage family film lake, and archival ice footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Sebring or 1942 winter footage, and then with broader frozen lake or Midwestern home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Sebring, Ohio, 1942 home-movie footage, a man in a brown overcoat and brimmed hat moves cautiously across a frozen lake. — A man crosses the ice in a long winter coat, with the snowy shoreline behind him.

A man in a long coat appears to regain balance on the frozen lake in Sebring, Ohio, while a bundled foreground figure enters the frame. — The man lifts an arm as he moves over the ice, with a foreground figure partly visible.

The man pauses or turns toward the camera on the frozen Sebring lake, with a bundled foreground figure partly blocking the lower frame. — The home-movie camera catches the man facing forward on the ice.

Near the end of the Sebring, Ohio clip, the man looks down and steps carefully across the icy lake surface. — The man watches his footing as he continues across the frozen lake.

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