Idaho-1955: Group Of People Having Fun Skating On Frozen Lake With Trees In Background

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Group Of People Having Fun Skating On Frozen Lake With... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Idaho in 1955 captures a group of people ice skating on a frozen lake. The scene unfolds under a bright sky, with a dense forest of evergreen trees lining the shoreline and a distant hill in the background. Individuals in winter coats, hats, and jeans glide across the ice, some cautiously balancing while others move with more confidence. The footage shows natural motion and slight camera shake, characteristic of handheld Super 8 film, with visible grain and soft color saturation. The final frame shows a close-up of a fish, possibly caught from the ice, adding a rustic, personal touch to this nostalgic winter 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: 127545993

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Idaho, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Idaho winter recreation, home-movie lifestyle, and documentary sequences needing casual ice skating on a frozen lake.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color texture, and metadata-supported 1955 Idaho setting place the clip in a mid-1950s outdoor family or group outing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged movement as people balance, glide, and gather on the ice while the camera watches from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include skaters on a frozen lake, winter coats, jeans, white skates, evergreen shoreline, low hills, ice reflections, and a fish close-up.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, seasonal cutaway, or transition from winter recreation to rustic outdoor life.
Historical context: The footage shows informal cold-weather leisure on a frozen lake, with a wooded Idaho landscape framing the group activity.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Idaho 8mm ice skating, vintage frozen lake recreation, home movie winter outing, and fish on ice footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel winter scenes, then other 1955 Idaho material, then broader frozen lake skating or outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing two people on a frozen lake, one skating away and another nearer the camera in a dark coat. — Two skaters move across the lake ice with a wooded shoreline beyond.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame with four people on the ice, dressed in coats and skates, with trees and hills behind them. — A small group balances and skates together on the frozen lake.

Close 8mm frame of a fish on the ice, possibly from the same Idaho frozen lake outing, with dark ice and white flecks around it. — A fish lies on the ice in a close-up detail from the winter outing.

Soft 8mm close-up of a fish resting on dark lake ice, with scattered white patches across the frozen surface. — The clip ends with a soft close-up of a fish on the frozen surface.

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