Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Floatplane on Calm Lake

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

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Floatplane on Calm Lake — Clip Details

BARABOO WISCONSIN USA-1953: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a seaplane at night, its propeller spinning under a blue-tinted light on a calm lake. The scene transitions to daylight, showing the same floatplane on the water with a dense forested shoreline in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American travel memory. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124605949

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: Useful for 1950s Midwest aviation, lake travel, and recreational seaplane footage in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The small floatplane, 8mm color rendering, and home-movie framing support a mid-century leisure-travel setting in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as visitor-shot observation, holding on the floatplane from shore as it sits or moves across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a floatplane, spinning propeller, lake water, wooded shoreline, blue night exposure, daylight water view, film gate edges, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, exposure variation, and visible frame edges that register as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief aviation insert, travel-memory transition, lake cutaway, or contrast between night and daylight views.
Historical context: The frames show small-aircraft activity on an inland lake, suggesting recreational or regional transport use without identifying a specific operator.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but copyright, aircraft identity, and location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s 8mm seaplane on lake, Baraboo Wisconsin home movie, floatplane water takeoff, and vintage aviation lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Baraboo or Wisconsin 1953 material, then related lake aviation and mid-century travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a blue-tinted night view of a floatplane on a lake with propeller blur. — Night view of a floatplane at the water's edge under blue exposure.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a small floatplane on blue lake water before a dense wooded shoreline. — Floatplane seen from across the lake in daylight with trees behind it.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a floatplane on lake water against a wooded shore. — Small floatplane positioned near the distant tree line on the lake.

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a floatplane on rippled blue water with a dark wooded shoreline beyond. — Floatplane on open lake water, framed by dark trees and visible film edges.

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