Ontario Canada-1958: Man Reels In Fish On Lake

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

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Man Reels In Fish On Lake — Clip Details

A man in a purple shirt and cap fishes from a small boat on a lake in Ontario, Canada, in 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures him reeling in a catch, proudly holding up a fish, and gesturing with excitement. The footage shows a vintage home movie aesthetic with natural lighting, film grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a sense of nostalgia and simple outdoor recreation.

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: 123611227

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

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: Useful for 1950s Ontario leisure, fishing, boating, and family home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The small motorboat, casual cap and open shirt, and 8mm color home-movie style support a late-1950s recreational lake setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears relaxed and animated as he reels, holds up a fish, and gestures toward the camera from the boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, cap, purple shirt, small boat, outboard motor, fishing rod or line, lake water, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, handheld framing, overexposed highlights, and motion blur that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within sequences about fishing, lake trips, or midcentury leisure.
Historical context: The clip documents informal outdoor recreation on a Canadian lake without making broader claims beyond the visible fishing and boating activity.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, private property, or minors are indicated in the metadata.
Research search match: Researchers may find it through searches for 1958 Ontario 8mm fishing footage, vintage lake boating home movie, or man holding fish on boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then other Ontario 1958 footage, then broader vintage fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Ontario home-movie footage, an adult man in a cap and purple shirt sits in a small boat on the lake. — A seated fisherman appears close to the camera in a small boat.

The man leans forward in the boat, with lake water and an outboard motor visible behind him in the 1958 Ontario footage. — The fisherman bends toward the boat with the motor and open water behind him.

The fisherman raises one arm in the boat, with lake water and a small motor visible in this Ontario home-movie frame. — The man lifts his arm as if showing or managing the fishing line.

In the final frame, the man gestures animatedly from the boat while the lake and outboard motor remain visible behind him. — The fisherman gestures toward the camera during the brief lake fishing moment.

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