Ontario Canada-1958: Man Proudly Holding Fish on Boat

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Ontario Canada

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Man Proudly Holding Fish on Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a man in a bright orange life vest and blue cap celebrating a successful fishing trip on a boat. He proudly holds up a fish while smiling, with the open water and distant shoreline visible behind him. The footage features the characteristic grain and color shift of Super 8 film, with a dominant blue-purple tint and subtle film damage. The sequence begins with wide shots of the water and coastline before focusing on the joyful fisherman.

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: 123610668

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: Yes
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: 1958 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: Ontario, Canada 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: 1950s Ontario home-movie fishing footage suited to documentary inserts about recreation, boating, lakeside travel, or family leisure in Canada.
Period detail: The 1958 8mm footage shows mid-century recreational boating cues, including a bright life vest, simple fishing gear, and casual cap, with no identifiable landmark visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged celebratory moment as an adult man holds up his catch for the camera from a small boat on open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open lake water, a distant shoreline, boat railings, a fishing rod, a small fish, a blue cap, and an orange life vest.
Film character: The scan has pronounced 8mm grain, handheld framing, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, and exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief memory beat, fishing-trip insert, boating cutaway, or transition from landscape water views to a personal recreation moment.
Historical context: The footage reflects private leisure on Ontario waterways in the late 1950s, showing fishing as a casual family or travel activity rather than a staged event.
Research note: An adult face and cap lettering are visible, so likeness and possible brand or organization identification should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Ontario fishing home movie, 8mm boating on lake, man holding fish, Canadian lake recreation, and vintage family fishing trip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Ontario 1958 lake or boating material, then with broader vintage fishing and outdoor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Ontario 8mm frame showing lake water and a distant shoreline under a blue-purple film tint. — Wide view of water and a faint shoreline before the fishing moment.

1958 Ontario home-movie frame of open water and a hazy far shore with strong blue-purple color shift. — Open water and horizon continue the approach to the boating scene.

Adult man on an Ontario boat in 1958 holds up a small fish while wearing an orange life vest and blue cap. — The fisherman raises his catch from the boat as water and shoreline sit behind him.

1958 Ontario boating frame with an adult fisherman holding up his catch, a rod at right, and lake water behind him. — A smiling fisherman displays the catch while the fishing rod remains visible at the edge of frame.

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