Wisconsin-1957: Family on Motorboat at Lake

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Family on Motorboat at Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a family on a small white motorboat at a Wisconsin lake. A man in a white hat tends to the engine while others relax aboard, with a child in a yellow shirt standing at the stern. The scene transitions to a view from the boat, showing a lush green shoreline with weeping willows and a grassy park. The footage features authentic 1950s color saturation, film grain, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic summer day. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127457889

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 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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie lake recreation footage for editors needing a brief family boating insert, shoreline transition, or summer leisure reference.
Period detail: The small white motorboat, casual mid-century clothing, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1950s family recreation on an inland Wisconsin lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family boating moment, shifting from people aboard the boat to the passenger viewpoint across a quiet green shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, several people aboard, a dock, lake water, grassy shoreline, weeping willow trees, parked cars, and a lakeside building.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, or transition from family activity to a lakeside establishing view.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for mid-century leisure at a Wisconsin lake without identifying the family, lake, or shoreline property by name.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1957 Wisconsin lake home movie, 1950s family motorboat footage, vintage 8mm boating, and lakeshore park with willow trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Wisconsin 1957 lake footage, then with broader 1950s family boating and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a family on a small white motorboat near a dock on calm lake water. — Family members gather on a small motorboat at the lakeside dock.

Passenger-view frame from the boat, with a plaid-shirted person close to camera and a green Wisconsin lakeshore beyond. — The camera turns from the boat toward the tree-lined shoreline.

1957 Wisconsin lakeshore view from a moving boat, showing willow trees, grass, and water with a partial passenger at left. — A handheld view looks across the water toward a shaded lakeside lawn.

Wisconsin lake shoreline in 1957 home-movie footage, with willow trees, grass, water, and a light-colored lakeside building. — The shot settles on a quiet lakeshore with willows and a building near the water.

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