Ontario Canada-1958: Old Footage Of A Middle Aged Man Wearing A Hat Sitting In A Boat

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

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Old Footage Of A Middle Aged Man Wearing A Hat Sitting... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a middle-aged man in a hat and dark jacket sitting in a boat on a calm body of water in Ontario, Canada. The footage shows him holding a fishing rod, with close-ups of his hands and the line extending into the water. The scene conveys a quiet, nostalgic moment of leisure on the water, with natural light and the characteristic grain and color shifts of Super 8 film. The man appears relaxed, enjoying a peaceful day of fishing.

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: 123611686

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, boating, and family home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The small open boat, brimmed cap, dark jacket, and faded 8mm color may show late-1950s recreational fishing style in Ontario.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged boat passenger at leisure, with the camera drifting between the seated man, the boat edge, and surrounding water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man in a hat, dark outerwear, boat seating, water surface, shoreline, fishing gear, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, blue-green color shift, visible grain, gate marks, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, or transition for fishing, lake travel, retirement, vacation, or Ontario leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational boating and fishing as captured from a private home-movie perspective rather than a formal production.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any location-use considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Ontario 8mm fishing footage, vintage man in boat, Canadian lake home movie, and mid-century recreational boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1958 Ontario water scenes, then broader vintage fishing, boating, and family leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Ontario home-movie frame showing a seated man in dark clothing in a boat, with water and boat seating behind him. — A man sits near the side of a boat as the camera catches water and seating around him.

Onboard view from the 1958 Ontario boat footage, showing rippled water and the pale edge of the boat. — The camera turns toward rippled water beside the boat.

Home-movie frame from Ontario showing part of the boat interior, nearby water, and a low shoreline in the distance. — A partial boat interior frames the water and distant shoreline.

1958 Ontario home-movie frame showing a man in a brimmed hat and dark jacket seated in a small boat. — The seated man in a brimmed hat looks off to the side from inside the boat.

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