Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Seaplane Landing on Water

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

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Seaplane Landing on Water — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1953 captures a seaplane landing on a lake in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows the aircraft touching down on the water with a splash, its propeller spinning. The scene is bathed in a distinct blue color cast, likely from film degradation, with dark silhouettes of trees lining the shoreline. The grainy, slightly blurry quality and visible film edges evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century recreational aviation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124605939

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Supports requests for 1950s Midwestern lake recreation, small seaplane activity, or blue-tinted 8mm aviation inserts for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The small floatplane, wooded lakeshore, and 8mm home-movie framing may show mid-century recreational aviation in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged shoreline spectator viewpoint, following the aircraft as a family filmer might record a brief lake landing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a floatplane on lake water, spinning propeller blur, shoreline trees, rocky bank, blue color cast, dark film borders, and water reflections.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, heavy blue tint, exposure falloff, and visible frame edges that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short aviation insert, lake recreation cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into mid-century leisure footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a small aircraft using a lake setting, suggesting everyday recreational or local aviation without identifying the pilot or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and aircraft identification should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm seaplane lake landing, Baraboo Wisconsin home movie, vintage floatplane footage, or blue-tinted archival aviation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1953 Baraboo or Wisconsin lake footage, then with broader vintage seaplane and recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a small floatplane on a lake beside trees, with dark film borders and blue color cast. — A floatplane sits or moves on the lake near the shaded shoreline.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame of a small floatplane on a Baraboo lake, with a bright propeller area and trees behind it. — The aircraft approaches or settles on the water with shoreline trees behind it.

1953 home-movie frame showing the floatplane nearer the camera on lake water, with soft focus, blue cast, and a wooded bank behind. — The floatplane fills more of the frame as it moves across the lake.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame of the floatplane on the lake near Baraboo, Wisconsin, with water reflections and a shaded wooded shore. — The seaplane continues along the water near the dark lakeshore.

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