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Iowa-1959: Quiet Lake View With Trees And Houses Under Gray Sky

  • Year1959
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationIowa, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1959 Iowa
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Quiet Lake View With Trees And Houses Under Gray Sky — Clip Details

IOWA-1959: A quiet lakeside view captured on 8mm film, showing a distant shoreline with scattered houses nestled among dense trees. The overcast gray sky casts a muted tone over the calm water, with subtle camera movement revealing more of the peaceful residential area. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American summer. This vintage home movie offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127421325

Rights & Clearance

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note
1959
Reel-level location note
iowa
Date
1959 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Iowa, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • village
  • water
  • nostalgic
  • summer
  • house
  • quiet
  • lake
  • view
  • lot
  • trees
  • gray
  • day
  • holidays
  • iowa
  • 1959
  • 1959 Iowa home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • lake view 1959
  • quiet lakeside
  • overcast day
  • Super 8 footage
  • mid-century America
  • nostalgic summer
  • residential shoreline
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • 1950s family vacation
  • vintage film
  • old home movie
  • rural America
  • gray sky
  • tree-lined shore
  • 8mm grain
  • retro film
  • classic 1950s

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Iowa home-movie lake view for documentary inserts needing a quiet Midwestern shoreline, residential water scene, or subdued summer atmosphere.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant tree-lined shoreline and small houses across calm lake water under a gray sky.

Visually Similar Clips

← Previous in archiveIowa-1959: Two Old Men Standing By A Lake Having A DiscussionNext in archive →Iowa-1959: Boat Trip On The Lagoon To See The Water And The Trees
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