Wisconsin-1958: Lake and Treeline Under Overcast Sky

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Lake and Treeline Under Overcast Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in Wisconsin. The view, framed by dark borders suggesting a projector or window, shows a calm body of water in the foreground with a dense treeline and rolling hills beyond. The sky is overcast with soft, diffused light, and the film exhibits characteristic grain and color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, contemplative glimpse of natural scenery.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715987

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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet lakeshore landscape, natural cutaway, or regional establishing insert.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly 8mm color home-movie texture, fixed framing, and a rural wooded shoreline that may show mid-century vacation or travel filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or family member holding on scenery rather than staging an action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Across the four frames are calm blue water, a low shoreline, dense trees, rolling dark hills, cloudy sky, and heavy black frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and dark gate or projection borders typical of aged 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic insert, transition, memory beat, or pause between more action-driven home-movie moments.
Historical context: The view documents a wooded Wisconsin waterside environment in a period home-movie record without visible people, structures, signs, or vehicles.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and location identification before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Wisconsin lake shore, 8mm wooded shoreline, vintage home movie water landscape, and rural Midwest nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Wisconsin outdoor footage, then with other lakeshore or wooded landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing calm water, a low wooded shore, distant hills, and overcast sky within dark film borders. — A still view across water toward a tree-lined Wisconsin shore under heavy cloud.

1958 Wisconsin lakeside view with blue water in the foreground, dense trees along the shore, low hills, and cloudy sky. — Blue water and a continuous wooded shoreline fill the frame beneath an overcast sky.

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame with water, a thin shoreline, dense trees, distant hills, and layered gray clouds. — The camera holds on a quiet lakeshore with trees, low hills, and heavy clouds.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame looking over water toward a wooded shore, rolling hills, and a cloudy sky. — A final scenic frame looks across the water to a dark tree line and rolling hills.

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