Hicksville New York-1957: Partially Frozen Lake Surrounded by Bare Trees

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Partially Frozen Lake Surrounded by Bare Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a serene, partially frozen lake in Hicksville, New York. Bare trees frame the tranquil water, with distant hills and a forested shoreline under a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a cool, blue-toned color palette, evoking a quiet winter atmosphere. The camera remains steady, offering a contemplative view of the natural landscape, with subtle shifts in framing suggesting a handheld recording. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123447202

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 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: Hicksville, New York, 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: 1950s 8mm winter landscape footage for documentary inserts, regional memory sequences, or quiet seasonal cutaways.
Period detail: The visible clues are natural rather than built, with bare trees, cool color, and 8mm home-movie framing supporting the 1957 winter setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on a lake scene from shore with small handheld framing shifts rather than directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a partially frozen lake, dark wooded shoreline, low hills, bare tree branches, cloudy sky, and an island or tree-covered point.
Film character: The footage shows blue-toned 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between family or regional scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century amateur attention to local winter scenery, showing a quiet lakeside view without visible people, vehicles, or buildings.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and location/property context for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm frozen lake, Hicksville New York winter home movie, bare trees by water, and vintage lakeside landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Hicksville or 1957 material, then broader 1950s winter lake and quiet nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Hicksville, New York home-movie frame showing a cold lake surface, bare trees, distant woods, and low hills. — Bare trees frame a partially frozen lake and dark shoreline.

1957 Hicksville, New York lakeside view with bare foreground branches, still water, and a dark tree line across the lake. — A bare tree stands between the camera and the winter lake.

1957 Hicksville, New York frame of a partially frozen lake, leafless trees, and a wooded shoreline in blue-toned 8mm color. — Leafless branches cross the view over the cold lake water.

1957 Hicksville, New York home-movie frame showing a lake, distant hills, bare branches, and a small wooded point along the shore. — The view opens across the lake toward low hills and a wooded point.

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