Baraboo Wisconsin USA-1953: Men Boarding a Seaplane at a Lake

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

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Men Boarding a Seaplane at a Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a group of men boarding a seaplane at a lakeside. A man in a red plaid shirt and a light-colored hat steps off the aircraft onto the dock, while others in casual 1950s attire watch. The scene unfolds on a bright day with calm blue water and distant tree-lined shores, evoking a sense of mid-century adventure and travel. The footage features natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era.

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: 124606051

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 travel, lakeside recreation, aviation, or small-town Wisconsin sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The men's plaid shirts, light jackets, brimmed hat, and small seaplane at a dock may show mid-century casual travel and leisure details.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value as men watch, wait, and move around the plane during a brief lakeside arrival or boarding moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seaplane, dock area, calm lake water, tree-lined shore, men in plaid and light clothing, and strong daylight.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print borders that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century lake travel, private aviation, or vacation footage.
Historical context: The clip visually places casual male travelers around a lakeside seaplane in Baraboo, Wisconsin, without identifying the aircraft, people, or exact site.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and personality rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1953 Baraboo Wisconsin 8mm seaplane, 1950s lake arrival, vintage home movie aviation, and men boarding floatplane.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Baraboo or 1953 Wisconsin footage, then broader 1950s lake travel or seaplane scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 Baraboo, Wisconsin footage, several men stand near a seaplane at the lake edge as one figure appears by the door. — Men gather beside a seaplane at the lakeside dock.

A man in a red plaid shirt and light hat moves near the seaplane door as other men stand by the lakeside in Baraboo footage. — Man in red plaid moves from the seaplane while others watch.

The 8mm frame shows motion blur as men walk near a lakeside seaplane, with blue water and a distant shore behind them. — Motion-blurred figures pass beside the seaplane at the water's edge.

Several men stand in partial shadow beside the seaplane fuselage and wing structure during the Baraboo lakeside home movie scene. — Men linger beside the seaplane as the shot ends.

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