North Dakota-1953: Woman Ice Skating On Frozen Pond At Twilight With Hill In Background

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Ice Skating On Frozen Pond At Twilight With Hill... — Clip Details

A woman in a dark coat and pants ice skates on a frozen pond in North Dakota during twilight hours, 1953. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her gliding and balancing on the ice with a vast, flat hill in the background. The scene has a nostalgic, grainy quality with muted colors and soft lighting, evoking a quiet winter day. Another person briefly appears in the frame, adding to the sense of casual recreation. The film shows natural wear, including scratches and slight fading, characteristic of vintage home movies.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127558549

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 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: North Dakota, 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 documentary or editorial requests needing home-movie footage of winter recreation and informal ice skating in North Dakota.
Period detail: The dark winter clothing, small outdoor frozen pond, open hill, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s rural recreation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged skating as the woman glides, balances, and shares the ice with another person briefly nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman on skates, frozen pond ice, a low grassy hill, twilight sky, dark winter clothing, and another skater in one frame.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, mild fading, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter recreation cutaway, a quiet memory beat, or a transition into rural leisure and cold-weather life.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation on natural ice, with open land and minimal built environment visible in the background.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Searches this clip may answer include 1950s North Dakota home movie ice skating, woman skating on frozen pond, and rural winter recreation 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other North Dakota 1953 footage, then broader 1950s winter recreation or ice skating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in dark clothing stands on skates on a frozen pond in North Dakota, with a low open hill in the background. — A woman pauses on the ice against an open hill at twilight.

A woman skates across a frozen pond in 1950s North Dakota, moving in front of a broad, low hill. — The skater glides across the pond with the hill stretching behind her.

Two people appear on the frozen pond in North Dakota, one facing the camera area and one turned partly away near the ice edge. — Another person joins the skater near the edge of the pond.

A woman in dark winter clothing skates near the right edge of a frozen North Dakota pond with open land behind her. — The skater moves toward the edge of the frame on the frozen pond.

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