Wisconsin-1957: Family On White Motorboat At Lake On Sunny Day

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Family On White Motorboat At Lake On Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a family on a sunny day at a lake in Wisconsin. A woman in a white hat and dark jacket stands in a white motorboat while a man in a white shirt and a child in light clothing are seated. The boat, moored near a wooden dock, gently rocks on the water as the family prepares to depart. The scene is framed by the film's natural grain and slight damage, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American summer memory.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127457766

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 1219 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: oke lake,cottage,ice fishing,swimming
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1957 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 1950s Wisconsin lake recreation requests needing real color 8mm family boating footage for documentary, museum, education, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The white runabout motorboat, casual short-sleeve clothing, white hat, and color 8mm look support a mid-century summer leisure setting, with 1957 and Wisconsin supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family moment as adults gather in and around a moored boat, appearing to prepare for departure from a lakeside dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, seated adults, a standing woman in a white hat, calm lake water, a wooden dock, distant tree-lined shore, and bright sun.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, minor dust marks, and handheld home-movie framing that gives it physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, lakeside transition, summer recreation cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s family or vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar American leisure as shown through a private home-movie view of family boating, without identifying the people, exact lake, or occasion.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1957 Wisconsin home movie lake boating, 1950s family on motorboat, color 8mm summer vacation footage, and vintage dock departure scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1957 Wisconsin lake material, then broader 1950s family vacation and recreational boating clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a white motorboat at a dock with adults aboard or nearby on a sunny lake. — A white motorboat sits by the dock as family members gather before heading out on the lake.

Color 8mm frame from Wisconsin in 1957 showing three family members around a white motorboat on calm lake water. — Three people are visible around the moored boat, with a wooded shoreline across the water.

1957 Wisconsin lake scene with a white motorboat close to the camera and family members arranged near the stern. — The boat shifts in the water as family members remain grouped near the stern.

Color home-movie frame from 1957 Wisconsin showing a family beside a white motorboat on a sunny lake. — A woman stands near the stern while a man sits in the boat against the open lake background.

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