Washington Island Wisconsin-1964: Boat Journey To E&M Motel With Shoreline View

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

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Boat Journey To E&M Motel With Shoreline View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a scenic water journey to Washington Island, Wisconsin. The clip shows a boat moving across choppy blue waters, with a distant shoreline featuring white cylindrical tanks, a forested treeline, and a small dock. The final frame reveals a sign for the E&M Motel offering modern cabins by day or week. The grainy, sun-drenched quality and natural color palette evoke a nostalgic 1960s road trip atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, travel narratives, or retro-themed content.

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: 125309707

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: 1964 8mm home-movie footage suited to requests for Wisconsin island travel, small-boat approach views, shoreline cutaways, or midcentury roadside lodging context.
Period detail: The E&M Motel sign, painted cabin advertising, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s travel setting without identifying any additional landmark beyond the supplied Washington Island location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reads as visitor-shot travel footage, moving from a boat passenger's shoreline view to a brief lodging sign observation rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy water, distant shoreline, white cylindrical tanks, a wooded treeline, a small dock or pier, and an E&M Motel modern cabins sign.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld movement, high daylight contrast, and saturated blues and greens characteristic of amateur color travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel transition, island arrival insert, motel sign cutaway, or short memory beat within a 1960s road-trip or Great Lakes sequence.
Historical context: The frames show small-scale island travel infrastructure and roadside-style lodging promotion, useful as visual context for leisure travel without implying broader historical claims.
Research note: The E&M Motel name is visible and should be reviewed as a brand or business identifier; no people are visible, but copyright, trademark, and property issues remain separate checks.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1964 Washington Island 8mm footage, Wisconsin boat travel, Great Lakes shoreline home movie, E&M Motel sign, and midcentury cabin lodging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1964 Washington Island or Wisconsin travel footage, then broader boat-arrival, motel-sign, cabin-lodging, or 1960s vacation sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington Island boat-view frame showing choppy blue water, distant shoreline, white cylindrical tanks, trees, and a small dock. — Boat passenger view across choppy water toward a wooded shoreline with tanks and dock structures.

1964 Washington Island shoreline view from a boat, with dark water, white storage tanks, low buildings or dock structures, and trees. — Distant island shoreline seen over dark, wind-ruffled water during a boat approach.

1964 Washington Island frame showing an E&M Motel sign reading modern cabins by day or week, partly framed by shadow and greenery. — Close view of the E&M Motel sign advertising modern cabins for daily or weekly stays.

Close 1964 Washington Island view of the E&M Motel sign with large lettering for modern cabins by day or week. — The motel sign fills the frame, emphasizing the E&M name and cabin rental wording.

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