Walworth Wisconsin USA-1963: Motorcycle Stunt in Circular Structure

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWalworth, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Walworth Wisconsin

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Motorcycle Stunt in Circular Structure — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1963 captures a daredevil motorcycle stunt inside a large, circular wooden structure at a carnival or circus in Walworth, Wisconsin. The rider, wearing a dark outfit, speeds along the curved wall, defying gravity as the bike maintains a near-perpendicular angle. The grainy, low-light footage shows the wooden interior, a central pole, and small green lights along the base. The camera remains stationary, emphasizing the rider's motion and the thrilling physics of the stunt.

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: 123777722

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 1641 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: barrington,centennial parade,walworth county fair,reel-3
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: elkhorn,wisconsin,california, san pedro
Date: 1963 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: Walworth, 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: 1960s 8mm footage suited to requests for carnival stunt attractions, motorcycle daredevil acts, and mid-century American leisure or fairground sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1963 wall-of-death style motorcycle attraction, with a wooden circular interior, simple lighting, and the grainy color texture of amateur 8mm filming.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary visitor viewpoint captures the stunt as a brief witnessed spectacle, valuing the home-movie perspective over staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden circular wall, a central pole or cable, small green lights near the base, a motorcycle rider, dark film borders, and low interior light.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and dark frame edges that give the stunt a tactile home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, cutaway, or kinetic memory beat for fairgrounds, motorcycle risk, roadside attractions, or vintage spectacle.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public entertainment setting where motorcycle stunt riding was filmed by an attendee from inside or near the attraction structure.
Research note: A rider is visible but facial identification is unclear; review copyright separately from any likeness, venue, or attraction permissions before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm motorcycle stunt, wall of death carnival ride, Wisconsin fairground attraction, and vintage daredevil home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Walworth 1963 footage, then broader 1960s carnival, circus, motorcycle, and stunt attraction clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Walworth home-movie frame showing the dim wooden interior of a circular motorcycle stunt structure with lights along the base. — The circular wooden wall and base lights are visible before the rider passes through the frame.

1963 Walworth 8mm frame with a dark-clothed motorcycle rider moving along the vertical wooden wall of the stunt attraction. — The rider appears on the wall of the circular structure, with the motorcycle angled nearly sideways.

1963 Walworth home-movie frame showing the wooden stunt wall and interior lighting with the rider out of frame. — The camera holds on the wooden wall and base lights between passes by the motorcycle.

1963 Walworth 8mm frame with the motorcycle rider high on the circular wall, partially cropped near the upper right. — The rider reappears high on the wall, partly cropped as the stunt continues around the structure.

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