Ontario Canada-1958: Man Wearing Tan Shirt Unhooks Fish While Holding Catch

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

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Man Wearing Tan Shirt Unhooks Fish While Holding Catch — Clip Details

A man in a tan shirt and cap fishes from a small boat on a calm lake in Ontario, Canada, in 1958. He carefully unhooks a fish, then holds it up proudly for the camera. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the authentic textures of vintage home movie footage—soft focus, natural lighting, and subtle grain. The man wears a blue vest over a white t-shirt in later frames, and a Mercury outboard motor is visible in the background. This nostalgic clip evokes mid-century American leisure and the simple joy of a successful fishing trip.

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: 123611259

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing Canadian lake fishing, recreational boating, or mid-century outdoor leisure footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show late-1950s casual fishing clothes, a small open boat, and an outboard motor on a calm Ontario lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a man works a hook free and presents his catch toward the family camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men, fishing line, a small fish, a green boat interior, lake water, caps, casual shirts, and an outboard motor.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, gate edges, and light grain give the clip a recognizable scanned 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, recreation cutaway, family-memory beat, or transition within a fishing or summer-lake sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal mid-century leisure fishing from a small motorboat without making broader claims beyond the visible activity.
Research note: People and a possible outboard brand mark are visible, so likeness, trademark, and editorial-use review remain separate from film copyright review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Ontario fishing home movie, 8mm lake boat catch, man unhooking fish, and vintage family fishing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Ontario 1958 lake scenes, then broader 1950s fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Ontario home-movie footage, a man in a light shirt and cap bends over inside a small boat while handling fishing gear on the lake. — A man leans over the boat interior while handling his fishing line or catch.

Two men sit partly out of frame in a small boat on an Ontario lake, with an outboard motor visible behind them. — The camera frames the boat stern, seated men, and an outboard motor against the lake.

A man in dark clothing sits in the small boat while holding fishing line, with lake water and the outboard motor behind him. — A seated fisherman handles line beside the outboard motor at the stern.

In the 1958 Ontario fishing clip, a man in a cap raises a small fish on a line toward the camera on the open lake. — The fisherman presents a small catch toward the camera.

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