Washington Island Wisconsin-1964: Potowatomi Tower Sign and Lakeside Dock

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

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Potowatomi Tower Sign and Lakeside Dock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene on Washington Island, Wisconsin. The footage opens with a close-up of a sign for the Potowatomi Tower, then pans to reveal a quiet dock with a small building, a Standard gas sign, and a circular HC sign. The camera moves across calm blue water toward a tree-lined shore under a bright sky, with a distant island visible on the horizon. The film shows natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1960s home movie quality, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful summer day.

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, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125309660

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Great Lakes travel, ferry landing, or small-town waterfront cutaways in documentaries, museum pieces, and location-based archive edits.
Period detail: The Standard sign, dock structure, 8mm color palette, and 1964 metadata place the view in a mid-1960s Washington Island waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from near or on the water, lingering on signs, dock buildings, shoreline, and open lake rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a wooden pier, small shore buildings, tree-lined shoreline, a Standard sign, a circular HC sign, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, handheld framing, and exposure changes that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront establishing insert, travel transition, route memory beat, or quiet cutaway between Washington Island scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows leisure travel infrastructure and lakeside signage on Washington Island without making claims about ownership, operations, or specific events.
Research note: Logos and possible people in the clip warrant review; copyright, trademark, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1964 Washington Island 8mm footage, Wisconsin lakeside dock home movie, Great Lakes ferry landing, or Standard sign waterfront may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington Island footage, then broader Wisconsin lake travel or 1960s waterfront scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington Island waterfront view with a wooden dock, small shore buildings, blue water, and visible roadside-style signs. — Dock buildings and signs along the Washington Island shoreline.

1964 Washington Island lakeside scene with a small building, pier wall, Standard sign, circular HC sign, trees, and rippled water. — Signs and a small building near the lakeside dock.

Washington Island dock area in 1964, showing the Standard sign, small shore building, wooden pier, rocks, trees, and dark blue water. — Standard sign and dock area viewed across the water.

Bright overexposed lake view from the 1964 Washington Island footage, with pale sky, reflective water, and a dark obstruction near the frame edge. — Bright lake and sky as the camera moves away from the dock view.

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