Wisconsin-1971: Drought-Stricken Lake with Low Water and Reeds

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Wisconsin

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Drought-Stricken Lake with Low Water and Reeds — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a drought-stricken lake in Wisconsin. A muddy dirt road runs alongside the water, which is low and partially frozen, with exposed reeds and dry grass lining the shore. The landscape shows signs of winter or early spring, with bare trees on distant hills under a pale blue sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, offering authentic archival footage of a rural American scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125775310

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 1007 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: Wisconsin,Michigan
Date: 1971 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing rural Wisconsin drought, low-water lake, winter-to-early-spring landscape, or environmental cutaway footage.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, dirt road, bare trees, and undeveloped lakeshore support an early 1970s rural setting without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a roadside position with an informal, unstaged survey of shoreline conditions and surrounding terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a muddy dirt road, shallow or partially frozen water, exposed reeds, dry grass, bare trees, distant low hills, and pale blue sky.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft focus, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief environmental cutaway, rural transition, drought insert, or quiet memory beat in a Midwest sequence.
Historical context: The frames visually document low water and exposed shoreline in a rural lake setting, but do not identify a named lake or specific weather event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private interiors are visible, though copyright status and any land or property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Wisconsin 8mm lake footage, drought shoreline home movie, rural Midwest dirt road, reeds, grass, and low-water landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Wisconsin 1971 rural scenes, then broader drought, lake, weather, or Midwest landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a muddy dirt road along a low lakeshore with exposed reeds, dry grass, bare trees, and distant hills. — A muddy roadside track runs beside low water and exposed shoreline vegetation.

1971 Wisconsin 8mm view of a low lake bordered by a muddy road edge, dry reeds, bare trees, and a distant hillside. — The camera looks across shallow water and dry shoreline growth from the road.

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame with a curving muddy road beside shallow lake water, yellowed grass, reeds, bare trees, and distant terrain. — A roadside view shows the low lakeshore, dry vegetation, and bare trees across the water.

1971 Wisconsin 8mm view of a muddy road shoulder and dry shoreline grass beside low water, with reeds, bare trees, and distant hills. — Dry grass and reeds line the edge of a low lake next to a muddy road.

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