Ohio-1968: Boy Hauling a Large Fish Up a Sandy Pond Bank on His Line

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationOhio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 · Ohio, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

fishing
childhood
summer vacation
camping trips
outdoor recreation
family leisure
1960s Americana

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Sandy pond bank with tall reeds and grass, open rippled water behind
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or hazy
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 1 · A boy in a white T-shirt and dark trousers, seen mostly from behind and the side
Animals: fish
Objects: fishing rod · fishing line · caught fish
Colors: lavender · green · tan · white · navy
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy grips his rod at the reeds with a fish hanging low on the line.
He steps up the sandy bank and the catch swings out of the grass.
With the rod over his shoulder, the fish dangles and twists beside him.
He turns partly toward the camera with the catch hanging at his legs.

Boy Hauling a Large Fish Up a Sandy Pond Bank on His Line — Clip Details

Likely Ohio in the American Midwest, circa 1968, home movie footage of a boy landing a catch at the edge of a pond. Wearing a white T-shirt and dark trousers, he pulls his rod back over his shoulder and swings a large fish out of the reeds and up the sandy bank, where it dangles and twists on the line beside his legs. Rippled water fills the background behind a band of tall grass. The single handheld shot is filmed from slightly above and behind him on the bank.

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: 800002137

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$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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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: Ohio, 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: Answers requests for authentic late-1960s American childhood and summer fishing imagery for documentaries, exhibits and nostalgia-driven productions.
Period detail: The boy's plain white T-shirt and dark trousers and the faded colour of the stock may show late-1960s home movie film, with dating supported by the reel's period cars and campers.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a boy wrestling his own catch up the bank, filmed by a family member who caught the effort and excitement as it happened.
What appears in frame: A boy in a white T-shirt, a fishing rod raised over his shoulder, a large fish swinging on the line, a sandy bank, tall green reeds and rippled pond water.
Film character: Grainy small-gauge colour with a lavender cast in the water, soft focus, a faint vertical scratch at the start and gentle handheld framing give it a clear period texture.
Edit role: Works as an action insert or memory beat in a summer or childhood sequence, and as a cutaway between wider camping scenes.
Historical context: Pond fishing during family camping trips with trailers and truck campers was a common form of American summer leisure in the 1960s, as other sections of this reel show.
Research note: The film's copyright sits with the footage owner, while the boy, a minor, is unidentified and may need likeness consideration; the location is unconfirmed and no property or logos are visible.
Research search match: boy fishing 1960s home movie, vintage kid landing a fish, late 1960s summer camping footage, pond fishing archival film
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's boy landing a fish at a pond and family unloading fishing gear from a car trunk, then its campsite and lakeside picnic clips, then other circa-1968 summer fishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy grips his fishing rod at the reeds of a sandy pond bank, likely Ohio, circa 1968 home movie — A boy braces on the bank as his catch hangs low by the reeds, circa 1968.
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Boy steps up a sandy bank as a fish swings out of the grass on his line, Midwest pond, circa 1968 — The fish comes clear of the grass as the boy steps back up the bank.
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Rod over his shoulder, a boy swings a large fish up a pond bank in late-1960s home movie film, likely Ohio — Rod over his shoulder, the boy swings the dangling fish up the slope.
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Boy turns toward the camera with his catch hanging at his legs on a sandy pond bank, circa 1968, United States — With the catch landed, the boy turns toward the camera, arms still raised.
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