Ontario Canada-1958: Man Fishing On Lake With Small Catch

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

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Man Fishing On Lake With Small Catch — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and trousers sits in a small boat on a calm lake, reeling in a fishing line with focused effort. He wears a white hat and dark sunglasses, smiling as he proudly holds up a small fish he has caught. The 8mm film captures the scene with soft, slightly faded colors and natural grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s summer day. The water ripples gently around the boat, and the man’s relaxed posture and joyful expression convey a sense of peaceful recreation and personal triumph. This vintage home movie footage offers authentic, unscripted moments of leisure and connection with nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123611057

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

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: Useful for 1950s Canadian leisure, fishing, lake recreation, or home-movie sequences needing brief, authentic outdoor vacation footage.
Period detail: The light shirt, brimmed hat, sunglasses, small open boat, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century summer recreation in Ontario.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man casually fishes from a boat, then smiles and presents a small catch to the camera in an unstaged family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt, white hat, dark sunglasses, small fish, fishing line, open boat, and rippling lake water.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for fishing, cottage life, vacation travel, or quiet outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects private leisure on a lake in 1958 Ontario, with no visible landmarks or public event context in the sampled frames.
Research note: An identifiable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing assessment.
Research search match: Searches for 1958 Ontario lake fishing, vintage 8mm fishing boat, Canadian home movie recreation, or man holding small fish may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1958 Ontario lake material, then broader mid-century fishing, boating, and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Ontario home-movie footage from 1958, a man sits low in a small boat while handling a fishing line near bright lake water. — A seated man works with a fishing line from a small boat on the lake.

A man in a light shirt and trousers sits crouched in a small boat during 1958 Ontario lake fishing footage. — The fisherman sits crouched in the boat as the lake ripples behind him.

A man in sunglasses and a light hat holds up a small fish from a boat on an Ontario lake in 1958 home-movie footage. — The man presents a small fish while seated in the boat.

A smiling man in sunglasses and a light shirt holds a small fish from a boat on a lake, matching 1958 Ontario home-movie metadata. — The fisherman smiles toward the camera while holding his catch above the boat rail.

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