Idaho-1955: Passing View Of Island Full Of Green Trees On A Clear Day

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Passing View Of Island Full Of Green Trees On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene passing view of a forested island from a moving boat. The footage shows a calm lake with gentle ripples, framed by the dark border of a window or boat edge. Lush green trees cover the island's slopes, with distant hills visible under a pale sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. The camera moves steadily, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a peaceful outdoor excursion in Idaho.

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: 127546589

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1950s Idaho 8mm home-movie lake scenery for documentary uses needing a quiet boat-travel view, nature insert, or mid-century vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm frame edges, and boat-window framing support a mid-1950s amateur travel-film context without identifying a specific lake or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged passenger perspective, watching shoreline and forested island pass from a moving boat rather than presenting a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled lake water, a wooded island, distant green hills, pale sky, dark boat or window edges, and aged film borders.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm texture with visible grain, slight color fade, exposure variation, small scratches, and gentle motion from filming on the water.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a calm cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or environmental insert between family-vacation or regional outdoor sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational lake travel and landscape observation in a mid-century home-movie record, with no people, signs, or built features visible.
Research note: No faces, logos, or recognizable private structures are visible, but copyright and location verification remain separate clearance considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Idaho lake 8mm footage, forested island from boat, vintage home movie water travel, and mid-century outdoor scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Idaho lake footage, then broader vintage boat, island, forest, and vacation scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing lake water, distant wooded hillside, and dark boat or window edges in the foreground. — A passing boat view frames lake water and a tree-covered hillside.

1955 Idaho home-movie view of a green wooded island across rippled lake water, with distant hills under a pale sky. — A forested island passes across the frame from the boat.

1955 Idaho 8mm still of a tree-covered island shoreline sliding past above a rippled lake surface. — The camera tracks the wooded island shoreline over open water.

1955 Idaho lake scene showing open water, a forested shoreline, and soft green hills in faded 8mm color. — Open water leads toward a wooded shore and distant hills.

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