Washington Island Wisconsin-1964: Washington Island and Two Boats Overhead

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

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Washington Island and Two Boats Overhead — Clip Details

Shot from an 8mm home movie in 1964, this vintage footage captures an aerial view of Washington Island, Wisconsin, surrounded by calm blue waters. The island appears lush with green trees, framed by the film's natural grain and slight color fading. The camera pans across the scene, revealing two small boats moving across the water, leaving white trails behind. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, with visible film scratches and a soft, sun-drenched atmosphere typical of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125309836

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing aerial home-movie views of Washington Island, Wisconsin, with boats crossing surrounding water.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, aerial viewpoint, small motorboats, and wooded shoreline support a mid-1960s vacation or travel-film context without identifying a specific landmark beyond the metadata location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, likely filmed from an aircraft as the camera looks down over the island and follows boat wakes on open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tree-covered island, blue water, pale sky, distant horizon, small white boats, long dark wakes, film-frame borders, and soft color variation.
Film character: The footage shows visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, exposure shifts, and frame-edge shadows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, geographic cutaway, or reflective memory beat for Great Lakes island material.
Historical context: The view suggests mid-century leisure travel around a wooded Great Lakes island, seen from above rather than from a staged tourist or commercial production setup.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific property or access concerns separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm aerial footage of Washington Island Wisconsin, vintage Great Lakes island views, small boats on water, and home-movie travel cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington Island or Wisconsin footage, then broader aerial island and boating home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm aerial view of Washington Island, Wisconsin, with a low wooded shoreline, surrounding blue water, and a distant horizon. — Aerial view of a tree-covered island set in calm blue water.

Aerial 8mm frame showing two small white boats crossing the water near Washington Island, Wisconsin, with dark wakes trailing behind them. — Two boats cut across open water, each leaving a visible wake.

Aerial home-movie view of small boats traveling across blue water near Washington Island, with wakes stretching diagonally through the frame. — Boats continue across the water as their wakes fan out behind them.

Final aerial frame of two small boats on the water near Washington Island, Wisconsin, with long wake trails and visible 8mm film texture. — Two boats move through the frame against an expanse of blue water.

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