Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin USA-1954: Older Model Hearse Car Parked Along Roadside

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Wisconsin Dells

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Older Model Hearse Car Parked Along Roadside — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1954 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA, showing a classic dark blue station wagon with a white roof parked on a roadside. The car features a prominent window advertisement for 'Al's Window Cleaning Service' with a phone number and address. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and light leaks, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century American life. The vehicle's chrome trim and rounded body style reflect 1950s automotive design, with other cars visible in the background. This authentic home movie clip offers a rare glimpse into everyday commercial life and transportation of the era.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121493953

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1954 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin roadside transportation or small-service business cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The rounded wagon body, chrome trim, two-tone paint, and hand-lettered window service advertisement support a mid-1950s roadside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie view from across or beside the road, lingering on a parked vehicle as everyday traffic passes nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark station wagon or hearse-like vehicle, white roof, chrome trim, roadside curb, window lettering, passing cars, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, blue color shift, exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, local commerce, roadside scenes, or vintage car context.
Historical context: The footage places a service-advertised vehicle in an ordinary Wisconsin Dells streetscape, suggesting everyday mobility and local business visibility.
Research note: The window advertisement and readable business text should be reviewed for trademark, privacy, and contextual use, separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1954 8mm Wisconsin Dells roadside car, vintage hearse-like station wagon, midcentury service vehicle, or home movie traffic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1954 Wisconsin Dells material, then broader 1950s roadside, car, and local business footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Wisconsin Dells roadside view of a dark two-tone wagon or hearse-like car with chrome trim and a cropped person at the frame edge. — Parked two-tone vehicle along the roadside, with a cropped figure and other cars nearby.

1954 Wisconsin Dells side view of a dark wagon with a white roof and readable window lettering for a cleaning service. — Side of the parked vehicle showing hand-lettered service text in the rear side window.

Cropped 1954 Wisconsin Dells view of the two-tone wagon, emphasizing the side windows, white roof, and service advertisement text. — The camera holds on the vehicle's side windows and the hand-painted business lettering.

1954 Wisconsin Dells roadside frame with the parked two-tone wagon in front and a blurred passing car behind it. — Parked service-lettered vehicle with passing traffic visible beyond the roofline.

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