Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Two Men Fishing At The Water With A Net And A Pole

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

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Two Men Fishing At The Water With A Net And A Pole — Clip Details

BARABOO WISCONSIN USA-1953: Two men fish at a lake, one using a long pole with a net to scoop the water. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a close-up of a man in a baseball cap and red shirt, his face in profile against a bright blue sky. The scene is bathed in the warm, saturated colors and grainy texture of vintage home movie film, with a distinct blue tint on the water and a glowing arc of light across the frame. This authentic 1950s recreation moment offers nostalgic, archival footage for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124605849

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 1950s Wisconsin recreation footage for editors needing brief archival inserts of lakeside fishing, outdoor leisure, or rural home-movie activity.
Period detail: The baseball caps, simple fishing net and saturated 8mm color support a mid-century home-movie setting, with the 1953 Baraboo location supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged fishing moment, with one man leaning near the water while another uses a long-handled net from a close, handheld vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, baseball caps, a red shirt, lake water, a long pole, a landing net, bright sky and dark shoreline areas.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, strong color saturation, high-contrast exposure shifts, handheld framing and blue-tinted water typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, recreation insert, or transition within a sequence about fishing, family leisure or mid-century outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational fishing as a casual outdoor activity rather than a formal event, with no visible signage, landmarks or public ceremony in the frames.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Wisconsin fishing home movie, Baraboo lake recreation 8mm, men with fishing net, and vintage outdoor leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Baraboo or 1953 Wisconsin material, then broader 1950s fishing and lake recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo home-movie frame showing dark lake water, a bright curved reflection or pole shape, and part of a capped head at the edge. — A dark, high-contrast lakeside view with water and a bright curved shape above a partially seen cap.

Close, shadowed 1953 Baraboo fishing frame with a man in a cap partly obscured beside a red shirt or sleeve near the water. — A capped man is partly visible in shadow beside a red garment during the fishing scene.

A man in a light cap and red shirt leans forward in profile against the sky.

1953 Baraboo fishing frame showing a long-handled landing net held over rippled blue lake water. — A landing net on a long pole reaches across the rippled surface of the lake.

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