Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Sailing on Tree-Lined Lake

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

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Sailing on Tree-Lined Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake scene from Baraboo, Wisconsin. The footage shows calm blue water with a tree-lined shore under a clear sky, viewed through a dark frame typical of old film. A white hat appears in the foreground in the final frame, suggesting a person on a boat. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a subtle vertical scratch, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer outing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124605823

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin lake recreation inserts, boating transitions, or quiet archival nature cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color home-movie view may show mid-century leisure boating, with the visible brimmed white hat offering a small period clothing clue.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to watch from a boat across open water, preserving an unstaged passenger perspective rather than a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, wooded shoreline, low hills, pale sky, dark film gate edges, a vertical scratch, and a white hat in the foreground.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift, handheld framing, and visible gate marks that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm travel insert, lake cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a family boating sequence.
Historical context: The clip places recreational lake activity within a wooded Wisconsin setting, showing outdoor leisure without identifiable landmarks or organized events.
Research note: A person appears partly visible by clothing, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, brands, or private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s 8mm Wisconsin lake footage, Baraboo boating home movie, tree-lined water, summer sailing, and vintage lake travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Baraboo or Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1950s boating and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing blue lake water, distant trees, low hills, and dark film gate edges. — Blue lake surface and wooded shoreline viewed from a boat or shoreline position.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin lake scene with rippled blue water, dense trees along the shore, and visible 8mm frame edges. — Tree-lined lake under clear sky with visible home-movie frame borders.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm view across blue lake water toward a wooded shoreline and low hills. — Open lake water leads toward a distant wooded shore and low hills.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin lake view with a white hat or clothed shoulder in the foreground and trees across the water. — A white hat or shoulder enters the foreground during the lake view.

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