Mississippi River USA-1972: Welcoming People For Holiday For Boating And To Williams Bay Municipal Pier

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMississippi River, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Welcoming People For Holiday For Boating And To Williams... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a scenic journey along the Mississippi River. The footage opens with a motorboat gliding across the water under a cloudy sky, followed by a view from a ferry approaching Williams Bay. A large sign reads 'Welcome to Williams Bay Municipal Pier,' with people visible on deck, including a woman in sunglasses. The final frames show a distant shoreline with a prominent dome structure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 color grading and grain, evoking a nostalgic 1970s Americana holiday atmosphere.

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: 124349100

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: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Mississippi River, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s U.S. home-movie requests needing brief boating, ferry, pier, or lakeside holiday atmosphere for documentary inserts or editorial transitions.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s leisure travel, with period cars, casual visitor clothing, and a municipal pier sign visible in the Williams Bay frames.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records from a visitor or passenger viewpoint, catching water travel, deck passengers, and signage without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, a small motorboat, cloudy sky, shoreline trees, a municipal pier sign, deck railing, parked cars, and passengers.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The clip places ordinary recreational boating and public waterfront access within a casual U.S. holiday or excursion setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible and the municipal pier sign is identifiable, so copyright, likeness, location, and signage review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm boating footage, Williams Bay municipal pier home movie, Mississippi River travel, ferry passengers, and vintage U.S. waterfront leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront scenes, then Williams Bay or 1972 river footage, then broader 1970s boating and holiday travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm view of open water, distant wooded shoreline, cloudy sky, and a small motorboat crossing the frame. — Small motorboat on open water with a wooded shoreline beyond.

1972 8mm deck view approaching a Williams Bay Municipal Pier sign, with passengers and parked cars visible beyond. — Passengers pass a Williams Bay Municipal Pier sign from a deck or ferry viewpoint.

1972 8mm view of the Williams Bay Municipal Pier sign, deck passengers, trees, and cars near the waterfront. — Williams Bay Municipal Pier sign fills the frame as passengers stand in the foreground.

1972 8mm frame with the Williams Bay Municipal Pier sign partly obscured by reflection or exposure, with shoreline and trees beyond. — Pier signage and waterfront reflections give way to a distant wooded shore.

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