Wisconsin USA-1964: Vintage Ferry Boat Transporting Vehicles Across River

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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Vintage Ferry Boat Transporting Vehicles Across River — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Wisconsin USA, showing a ferry boat transporting vehicles across a river. The clip captures the vessel's distinctive white superstructure and dark hull, with a raised control tower and American flag. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with clear blue skies and tree-lined banks visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including color saturation, grain, and slight vignetting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century transportation technology and river travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121502468

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.

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

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Wisconsin, 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: 1960s Wisconsin 8mm footage for productions needing a brief river ferry transportation insert with vehicles aboard.
Period detail: The ferry design, cars on deck, American flag, and saturated 8mm color support a mid-1960s home-movie transportation scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a traveler-shot perspective from shore or another vessel, observing the ferry crossing without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a river ferry, white control tower, dark vehicle ramp, cars on deck, American flag, dock posts, water, and wooded banks.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, deep color saturation, slight vignetting, and minor exposure variation typical of home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a transportation cutaway, regional travel insert, river crossing transition, or brief mid-century memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday vehicle ferry movement across a tree-lined river in Wisconsin, with no visible commercial branding or landmark identification.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and vessel identification should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Wisconsin ferry 8mm, vintage river ferry with cars, home movie vehicle ferry, and mid-century river transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel river travel scenes, then Wisconsin 1964 material, then broader vintage ferry or vehicle transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a river ferry carrying cars, with a white superstructure, dark ramp, and wooded shoreline behind it. — A vehicle ferry crosses the river with cars aboard and a raised control tower visible.

1964 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a vehicle ferry on the river, with cars on deck, dock posts nearby, and trees in the distance. — The ferry moves across the water with vehicles aboard and a tree-lined bank behind it.

1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a ferry angled across blue water, showing its car deck, dark bow ramp, and raised wheelhouse. — An angled view shows the ferry deck, ramp, and vehicles as it travels across the river.

1964 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing the ferry front and control tower, with cars on deck and a wooded riverbank in the background. — The ferry remains centered in frame, carrying vehicles across a calm stretch of river.

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