Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Men Boarding A Small Seaplane On A Sunny Day

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

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Men Boarding A Small Seaplane On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

A group of men in 1950s attire, including caps and plaid shirts, stand on a dock beside a small white seaplane on a calm lake in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The vintage 8mm film captures the men boarding the aircraft under a bright, sunny sky, with the plane's propeller visible and the shoreline in the distance. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality typical of home movies from the era, showing a moment of travel and adventure in mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124606035

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary sequences needing home-movie footage of small seaplane travel and lakeside boarding in Wisconsin.
Period detail: The men's caps, plaid shirts, light jackets, and the small float-equipped aircraft may show mid-century recreational or regional air travel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as bystanders watch one man climb into the seaplane from a dock or float area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several men, a white seaplane, floats, open cockpit door, lake water, distant shoreline, caps, and plaid shirts.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue color shift, gate edges, grain, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, or memory beat for mid-century aviation, lake trips, or small-town leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual lakeside gathering around small aircraft travel without supporting any specific event or named operator.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, aircraft ownership, and location permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm seaplane boarding, Wisconsin lake aviation home movie, men on dock with floatplane, and vintage small aircraft travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Baraboo or Wisconsin 1953 material, then with lake travel, small aircraft, and mid-century leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Baraboo, Wisconsin, men in 1950s attire watch beside a white floatplane on calm water. — Men gather near the nose and door of a small seaplane on the lake.

A man climbs into a white seaplane in Baraboo as several men observe from the lakeside dock. — A passenger steps into the open doorway of the floatplane as onlookers stand nearby.

The camera frames men on the dock beneath the wing of a small white seaplane on a sunny Wisconsin lake. — Onlookers stand below the wing as boarding continues at the seaplane door.

Men watch a person at the open door of a white floatplane during a 1953 lakeside boarding scene in Baraboo. — The group remains on the dock as the seaplane sits on floats with the door open.

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