Colorado USA-1958: A Man Fishing By The Lake On A Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

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A Man Fishing By The Lake On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt sits by the edge of a calm lake in this 1958 8mm home movie from Colorado. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip captures a quiet moment of fishing under a bright, sunny sky. The scene is framed by the film's characteristic grain and soft color palette, with the man focused on his line near the water's edge. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 123602190

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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
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: Colorado, 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: 1950s Colorado home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet lakeside fishing cutaway or mid-century outdoor leisure insert.
Period detail: The light shirt, simple shoreline setup, and 8mm color stock may show late-1950s recreational travel rather than a staged fishing scene.
Home-movie behavior: A lone adult sits close to the water with attention on the fishing line, giving the clip an unposed home-movie record of leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated fisherman, calm lake water, sandy shore, tall reeds, distant grassy bank, and dark contact-print borders.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief memory beat, outdoor-life cutaway, travel insert, or transition between broader Colorado vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday lakeside recreation in a mid-century home-movie context without identifying the person or exact lake.
Research note: An adult figure is visible but not identifiable in detail; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Colorado 8mm fishing, man by lake home movie, vintage vacation lake shore, and mid-century outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado footage, then broader 1950s fishing, lake, vacation, and outdoor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a lone man in a light shirt fishing beside calm lake water. — A man sits near the shoreline while fishing beside a calm lake.

A lone adult fisherman sits at the edge of a Colorado lake in this 1958 home-movie frame. — The fisherman faces the water from a quiet shoreline position.

Vintage 8mm view of a man fishing from a sandy lakeside edge in Colorado, 1958. — The lakeside fishing moment continues from a slightly lower contact-sheet frame.

A 1958 Colorado 8mm frame shows the fisherman still seated near reeds along the lake edge. — The man remains focused on fishing at the water's edge.

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