Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Man Fishing On Lake Holding Large Fish

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationBaraboo, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Wisconsin

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Man Fishing On Lake Holding Large Fish — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a man on a boat in Baraboo, Wisconsin, proudly holding a large fish he has just caught. The footage shows him smiling in the sunlight, silhouetted against a bright sky, with the fish held high. The scene transitions to wide shots of the lake, its surface rippling under a clear sky, surrounded by a dense treeline. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, warm color tones, and natural grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American outdoor adventure.

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: 124605814

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 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 American home-movie requests needing recreational fishing, lake travel, or outdoor leisure material from Wisconsin.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century vacation fishing, with informal clothing, a small boat viewpoint, and undeveloped wooded lake edges visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film moment as a man presents a large catch before the camera turns to the lake surface and shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted man, a large fish, open lake water, wooded shoreline, low hills, bright sky, and handheld boat movement.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, strong contrast, blue-shifted lake color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief fishing insert, lake transition, outdoor memory beat, or cutaway between broader Wisconsin travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects personal leisure on an inland lake, showing fishing and boating as ordinary mid-century home-movie subjects without identifying a public event.
Research note: A visible adult appears in silhouette, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Researchers might find it through searches for 1953 8mm Wisconsin lake fishing, man holding fish home movie, Baraboo outdoor recreation, or vintage boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Baraboo or 1953 Wisconsin material, then broader lake, boating, fishing, or family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm frame of a silhouetted man on or near a boat holding up a large fish. — A man presents a large fish against the bright lakeside sky.

Wide 8mm view of rippling lake water near Baraboo, Wisconsin, with wooded shoreline and low hills in the distance. — The camera looks across choppy lake water toward a dark tree-lined shore.

1953 home-movie lake view in Baraboo, Wisconsin, showing blue water, treeline, and low hills from a boat perspective. — A handheld boat view crosses the lake toward the wooded shoreline.

Wide 8mm frame of a Wisconsin lake near Baraboo, with rippled water, trees, and low hills under a bright sky. — The final view holds on the lake surface and distant wooded shore.

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