Washington Island Wisconsin-1964: Forested Islands and Sailboat on Water

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

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Forested Islands and Sailboat on Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside vista from Washington Island, Wisconsin. The clip opens with a wide view of a large forested island and a smaller, tree-covered islet in the foreground, with a sailboat visible on the distant water. The camera then pans across the lush green canopy, revealing the expansive lake and horizon under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 125309650

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Washington Island, 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 8mm home-movie lake and island scenery suited for documentary establishing shots, regional travel context, or quiet nature cutaways.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1964 visitor view of Washington Island, with wooded shoreline, open lake water, and a distant sailboat as the main era-supported clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records an unstaged scenic overlook, moving from a small island and broad water view to a slow survey of forest canopy and horizon.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, wooded islands, a small islet, dense green forest, distant shoreline, a sailboat, open sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, handheld framing, and dark frame borders that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a regional establishing insert, a lake-travel transition, a quiet memory beat, or a cutaway between human activity scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers mid-century amateur travel context through a scenic Wisconsin lakeside view rather than a documented event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location identification, and any project-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s 8mm Washington Island lake view, Wisconsin island home movie, vintage forested shoreline, and Great Lakes travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then other 1964 Washington Island footage, then broader Wisconsin lake, island, forest, or sailing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington Island 8mm view across blue lake water toward a small wooded islet, distant shore, and tiny sailboat. — A wide lakeside vista shows a small wooded islet in the foreground and a sailboat on distant water.

Washington Island home-movie frame looking over dense green forest toward lake inlets and a low horizon under blue sky. — The camera turns inland over dense forest, with lake water visible near the horizon.

1964 8mm view from Washington Island over a wooded landscape, distant water, and a bright sky with a small cloud. — A wooded expanse fills the lower frame while distant water and sky remain visible beyond it.

Final Washington Island frame showing treetops, distant lake channels, a low horizon, and open blue sky on 8mm film. — The shot settles on treetops and far-off lake channels beneath a bright sky.

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