Washington Island Wisconsin-1964: Headstone Shaped Like Open Bible in Cemetery

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

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Headstone Shaped Like Open Bible in Cemetery — Clip Details

A close-up of a stone headstone shaped like an open book, carved with 'HOLY BIBLE' and religious text including 'God forbid that I should glory of our Lord Christ' and 'Cal. 6:14'. The scene is set in a peaceful cemetery with green grass and a textured stone background, captured on 8mm film in 1964. The final frame shifts to a wider view of trees and foliage, suggesting a quiet, reflective atmosphere. This vintage home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century memorial design and religious expression.

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: 125310031

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$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

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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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing a religious cemetery cutaway, memorial detail, or quiet Midwestern home-movie insert.
Period detail: The carved open-book headstone, 8mm color grain, and modest cemetery setting support a mid-1960s home-movie reading without adding specific landmark claims.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the inscription and then shifts to the surrounding trees, suggesting a visitor recording a reflective graveyard detail rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an open-book Bible headstone, raised religious lettering, green grass, rough stonework, pale rocks, dark tree trunks, hedges, and shaded cemetery foliage.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight gate edges, and handheld reframing between the monument and wider grounds.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cemetery insert, faith-themed cutaway, reflective transition, or memory beat within a sequence about mourning, religion, or family history.
Historical context: The footage documents mid-century memorial design and public religious language in a small cemetery setting, while the visible frames do not identify the deceased or exact burial site.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or interiors are visible, but the religious grave marker and cemetery context merit review for editorial fit, location sensitivity, and separate copyright questions.
Research search match: Search matches include 1964 Washington Island Wisconsin cemetery footage, 8mm Bible headstone, vintage graveyard cutaway, religious memorial stone, and home movie cemetery trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel cemetery or Washington Island material, then with 1964 Wisconsin travel footage, then with broader religious memorial or graveyard cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington Island cemetery view of an open-book headstone with raised HOLY BIBLE text and religious inscription. — Close view of a Bible-shaped cemetery headstone with grass and stonework behind it.

Close 8mm frame of the Bible-shaped headstone in Washington Island, Wisconsin, with carved religious text and grass behind it. — The camera holds on the carved Bible headstone and its raised inscription.

Washington Island 1964 home-movie frame showing the open-book grave marker with visible HOLY BIBLE text and surrounding grass. — A repeated close view emphasizes the open-book form and religious lettering on the grave marker.

Wider 1964 Washington Island cemetery view with tall trees, hedges, shaded lawn, and bright sky beyond the grave marker scene. — The final frame widens to a quiet cemetery landscape with trees and low hedges.

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