North Dakota-1953: Woman Skating on Frozen Pond in Winter

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Skating on Frozen Pond in Winter — Clip Details

A young woman in a bright red coat skates on a frozen pond in North Dakota, 1953. She smiles and glides across the ice, her movements captured in grainy 8mm film with warm color tones. In the background, a vintage car is parked near a grassy hill with distant houses. Another person in dark clothing appears, briefly assisting or interacting with her. The footage shows natural motion and slight camera shake, typical of home movies from the era, evoking a nostalgic, personal moment of winter recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127558725

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 North Dakota home-movie requests needing everyday winter recreation, amateur ice skating, or family leisure footage for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows 1953 8mm color home-movie footage with mid-century winter clothing, white skates, open rural ground, distant small houses, and a parked vintage car.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged movement as skaters smile, steady themselves, lose balance, and assist one another on a frozen pond.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red winter coat, white ice skates, dark-clothed companions, blue-gray pond ice, grassy banks, distant houses, and a parked older car.
Film character: The footage has grainy 8mm color texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust marks, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or cutaway for mid-century outdoor leisure and informal winter activity.
Historical context: The scene documents casual cold-weather recreation in a rural or small-town setting without supporting claims about a named pond, event, or family identity.
Research note: People are visible and faces appear in some frames, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and location considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm ice skating, North Dakota frozen pond home movie, mid-century winter recreation, and vintage amateur skating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other North Dakota 1953 scenes, then broader 1950s winter recreation or home-movie skating clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 North Dakota footage, a woman in a red coat is seen on a frozen pond with open ground and distant houses in the background. — A red-coated skater appears on the pond ice below a grassy bank and distant houses.

Two skaters move across a frozen pond in North Dakota, with a red coat prominent and an older parked car near the bank. — Two skaters cross the ice, one leaning forward as a vintage car sits near the pond edge.

A woman in a red coat skates toward the camera on a North Dakota frozen pond as another person in dark clothing passes behind. — The red-coated skater approaches the camera while a second skater moves through the background.

A dark-clothed skater appears to help a red-coated skater regain balance on the ice, with a parked older car near the bank. — One skater steadies another on the pond ice as an older car remains parked in the background.

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