Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Young Man Fishing in Lake with Pine Forest Backdrop

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

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Young Man Fishing in Lake with Pine Forest Backdrop — Clip Details

BARABOO WISCONSIN USA-1953: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a serene fishing trip on a calm lake surrounded by dense pine forests. The footage shows a young man in a light-colored cap and red shirt, focused on his fishing rod, with another person partially visible beside him. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with the blue water reflecting the clear sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1950s Americana feel. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century outdoor recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124605843

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 archival requests about Midwestern leisure, fishing trips, lake recreation, and informal male outdoor travel in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, small fishing boat viewpoint, color 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1953 Baraboo setting place the scene in mid-century American recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves unstaged companions fishing from close range, with the camera staying near the men rather than presenting a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tree-lined lake, blue water, a man in a light cap, a red shirt, fishing rods, boat-edge framing, and dense shoreline woods.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie grain, saturated blue-green color shifts, soft focus, handheld framing, and uneven exposure typical of amateur outdoor footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for fishing, lakeside travel, male friendship, or postwar leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational fishing as a casual group outing, showing people and landscape without signage or identifiable public event context.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status remains separate from releases.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1953 8mm fishing trip, Baraboo Wisconsin lake footage, mid-century men fishing, or vintage home movie outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1953 Baraboo or Wisconsin lake scenes, then broader 1950s fishing and outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo-area 8mm frame showing a calm lake bordered by dense trees under daylight. — A quiet lake and wooded shoreline establish the fishing-trip setting.

1953 Baraboo 8mm frame with a capped man and a red-shirted companion near trees on a fishing outing. — A capped man and red-shirted companion are framed closely during the outing.

Close 8mm view of a fishing rod and red-shirted arm during the 1953 Baraboo fishing trip. — The camera moves close to the fishing gear and a companion's arm.

1953 Baraboo 8mm frame with a capped man partly visible beside dark water and wooded shoreline. — A capped figure appears at the frame edge beside the shadowed lake surface.

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