Idaho-1955: Three People Walking on Frozen Lake

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Three People Walking on Frozen Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures three people enjoying a winter day on a frozen lake in Idaho. Dressed in heavy coats, hats, and gloves, they walk and sit on the icy surface, with a forested hillside and cloudy sky in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation.

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: 127546003

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s Idaho home-movie requests for winter recreation, outdoor leisure, skating, and personal memory sequences in documentary or editorial productions.
Period detail: The heavy coats, simple skates, 8mm color stock, and lakeside rural setting may show mid-century family recreation without identifying a specific town or lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged companions posing, crouching, and skating away across the ice in the casual rhythm of a home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three skaters, a frozen lake, dark coats, pale winter sky, wooded hills, shoreline, ice reflections, and a parked vehicle in the distance.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that create useful archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a winter recreation insert, a family-memory cutaway, or a quiet transition into mid-century outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal cold-weather leisure on a frozen Idaho lake, with people dressed for winter and using the open ice as shared recreation space.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1955 Idaho 8mm skating, frozen lake home movie, 1950s winter recreation footage, and family ice skating archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho 1955 footage, then broader 1950s winter sports or family recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing two visible skaters on a frozen lake, with a parked vehicle and shoreline in the background. — Two companions pause on the ice while the camera frames the frozen lakeside setting.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame with two skaters crouched on the ice, dressed in winter coats against the frozen lake surface. — Two skaters pause on the ice, facing the camera during a casual winter outing.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing three skaters from behind moving across a frozen lake with wooded hills beyond. — Three skaters move away from the camera across the open ice.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame of three skaters receding across a frozen lake, backed by shoreline, trees, and winter sky. — The group skates farther out over the lake, leaving reflections on the ice.

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