Ontario Canada-1958: Happy Man Wearing A Hat Fishing On A Boat In A Very Blue

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

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Happy Man Wearing A Hat Fishing On A Boat In A Very Blue — Clip Details

A man in a white sweater and brown trousers fishes from a boat on a bright day in Ontario, Canada, in 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him reeling in a catch, with a small motorboat visible in the background on the blue water. The clip shows close-ups of his hands on the fishing rod and a fish being held up, conveying a sense of leisure and accomplishment. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, vintage home movie feel.

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: 123611449

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 Canadian leisure, boating, fishing, and family-recreation sequences in documentaries, museum media, education projects, or memory-driven commercial edits.
Period detail: The hat, white sweater, small outboard motorboat, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1950s recreational boating and fishing style in Ontario.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, following a man fishing from a boat and nearby motorboats moving across open blue water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man in a visor hat, white sweater, fishing rod, blue outboard motor, open water, small motorboats, boat wake, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, frame edges, and saturated blue water typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a leisure insert, boating cutaway, fishing memory beat, or transition between family travel and outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents casual postwar-era recreation through a private-camera perspective, showing fishing and motorboating as everyday leisure rather than a staged event.
Research note: People and a visible outboard brand marking require likeness and trademark review; copyright, location, and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Ontario 8mm fishing footage, vintage Canadian boating, man fishing from motorboat, and 1950s home movie water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Ontario boating or fishing scenes, then other 1958 Ontario water footage, then broader 1950s outdoor recreation or vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a visor hat and white sweater sits near a blue outboard motor while boating in Ontario, Canada, in 1958. — Man seated near an outboard motor during a fishing trip on blue water.

Close 1958 Ontario home-movie view of a seated man in a white sweater holding a fishing rod beside a blue outboard motor. — Close-up of the fisherman holding his rod beside the motor.

Two small motorboats move across open blue water in a 1958 Ontario home-movie boating scene. — Motorboats crossing the water with visible wake behind them.

A small motorboat moves away across open blue water in a 1958 Ontario recreational boating scene. — Motorboat heading across the water, softened by handheld 8mm focus.

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