Wisconsin-1957: A Group Of People Sit And Walk On A Frozen Lake In The Winter

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Group Of People Sit And Walk On A Frozen Lake In The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a winter scene on a frozen lake in Wisconsin. A man in a dark coat sits on a wooden crate near a yellow ice fishing hut, while others walk and fish across the snow-covered ice. The background reveals a line of parked cars and snow-dusted hills under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127458733

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: Supports requests for 1950s Wisconsin winter recreation, frozen-lake activity, ice fishing, and everyday rural leisure in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-1950s cold-weather clothing, simple portable ice-fishing huts, and cars gathered along a snowy lakeshore.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged home-movie observation as people sit, walk, and fish at a relaxed distance on a frozen lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow ice-fishing hut, seated and standing figures, snow-covered ice, distant parked cars, wooded hills, and an overcast winter sky.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm grain, mild exposure variation, rounded color, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a winter recreation insert, rural Wisconsin cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat between family scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for cold-weather leisure on frozen Midwestern lakes without identifying the individuals or exact lake.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no readable logos, music, or prominent private property are evident in the frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1957 Wisconsin ice fishing, 1950s frozen lake home movie, 8mm winter recreation, and vintage Midwestern lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with Wisconsin 1957 winter footage, and then with broader themes of ice fishing, rural recreation, or family travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a seated figure beside a crate and yellow ice-fishing hut on snow-covered lake ice. — A person sits near a crate while a yellow hut stands on the frozen lake.

1957 Wisconsin winter frame with a yellow ice-fishing hut and two distant figures on a snow-covered frozen lake. — Two people stand and crouch on the ice beyond a yellow fishing hut.

1957 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a yellow hut and several distant figures walking or fishing on a frozen lake. — Several figures are spaced across the lake ice near a yellow hut.

1957 Wisconsin 8mm frame with two figures near an ice-fishing spot and another person farther across the frozen lake. — People gather on the frozen lake while a distant figure crosses the ice.

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