Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Seaplane Landing on Lake

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

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Seaplane Landing on Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a seaplane landing on a calm lake near a wooden dock in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The aircraft, a small floatplane, touches down on the water, creating ripples as it slows. The scene is framed by a dense forest of evergreen trees under a clear blue sky. Later frames show a man in a red shirt and cap working on the dock, possibly preparing for the plane's arrival. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century transportation and outdoor recreation.

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: 124605962

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 for 1950s U.S. home-movie requests involving lake recreation, small aircraft, dock activity, and mid-century travel or outdoor leisure inserts.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and casual dock clothing support a 1950s home-movie setting, with a floatplane and wooden dock visible in a wooded lakeside scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, shifting from a seaplane over water to people working casually around boats and gear on a dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small floatplane, rippled lake water, evergreen shoreline, wooden dock, rowboats, dock posts, and adults handling items near the water.
Film character: The scan shows saturated blue water, warm dock tones, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and visible 8mm grain that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel transition, lake arrival beat, or memory cutaway for mid-century outdoor recreation and small-plane access.
Historical context: The footage visually connects small-aircraft travel with lakeside recreation, showing a wooded Wisconsin setting and informal dock activity without staged presentation.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are evident, but copyright, location, aircraft, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm seaplane landing, Wisconsin lake home movie, floatplane near dock, vintage boating footage, and mid-century outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Baraboo or Wisconsin 1953 material, then broader lake, fishing, boating, or small-aircraft themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a small floatplane low over rippled lake water near a forested shore. — A small floatplane approaches low over the lake, framed by dark film edges and evergreen shoreline.

A small floatplane appears over the water in this 1953 Wisconsin lake scene, with dense trees along the far shoreline. — The floatplane crosses the lake surface against a wooded shoreline.

An adult wearing a red shirt and cap works on a wooden dock near boats in the 1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin lake footage. — A person in red handles items on the dock beside small boats and dock posts.

Adults gather and work near small boats on a lakeside dock in the 1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin home-movie footage. — Adults handle dockside gear near moored small boats at the edge of the lake.

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