Wisconsin-1958: Trees Lining the Shoreline

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Trees Lining the Shoreline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view from across the water. Lush, dense green trees line the far shore, their foliage forming a thick canopy against the sky. The dark blue water reflects the surrounding nature, with subtle ripples visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a slightly soft focus, characteristic of home movies from the era. The camera remains mostly static, offering a quiet, contemplative glimpse of a natural landscape, likely in Wisconsin. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and peaceful Americana.

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: 127715945

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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin lake or wooded shoreline cutaways in documentary, educational, museum, or commercial edits needing quiet regional landscape footage.
Period detail: The frames show natural shoreline scenery, with the 1958 date and Wisconsin location supported by metadata rather than visible signs, vehicles, clothing, or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The static, distant view across the water reflects a home-movie travel or vacation pause, recording scenery without staging or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, dense green trees, shaded hillside, rocky or uneven shoreline, small distant light-toned structures, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that give the landscape a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, lakeside transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between family or travel scenes from the same reel.
Historical context: The clip documents mid-century recreational looking at a wooded lake environment, while offering no visible evidence for a named town, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any distant shoreline property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Wisconsin lake 8mm, 1950s wooded shoreline home movie, vintage lake water trees, and archival Midwest nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 lake footage, then broader 1950s wooded shoreline or home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing rippled blue lake water and a dark green wooded shoreline across the water. — A wooded lakeshore seen from across blue water.

Distant Wisconsin lakeshore with blue water, thick trees, and small light-toned shoreline structures visible through soft 8mm focus. — Distant trees and small shoreline structures across the lake.

Wooded hillside along a Wisconsin lake, with layered green trees, uneven shore, and blue water in a soft 1958 8mm frame. — A forested slope meets the lake edge.

Shaded lakeside trees and blue water in Wisconsin, with a small bright shoreline structure partly visible near the bottom of the 8mm frame. — Shaded trees and a small shoreline structure beside the lake.

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