Wisconsin-1969: Drawbridge Opening with Observers

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Wisconsin

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Drawbridge Opening with Observers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a drawbridge in Wisconsin opening to allow water traffic. The clip shows a large metal gate lifting vertically, revealing the waterway beneath. Two people in casual 1960s attire stand on the concrete walkway, observing the mechanism. The scene features a brick building, metal railings, and a ladder leading to the water, all under natural daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century infrastructure and daily life.

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: 125596135

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1021 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: minnesota,wisconsin
Date: 1969 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing Wisconsin infrastructure, movable bridge operation, waterways, or municipal engineering as documentary insert footage.
Period detail: The 1969 home-movie metadata is supported by the film record, while visible clues include casual clothing, painted railings, a brick utility building, and mid-century bridge machinery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie perspective, with two people standing on the walkway and watching the drawbridge mechanism move over the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the lifting bridge gate, exposed wheel-like mechanism, concrete abutments, metal railings, ladder, water surface, brick building, and two observers.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, saturated daylight color, and minor handheld instability consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, infrastructure insert, waterway transition, or memory beat showing a bridge opening in everyday public space.
Historical context: The scene documents a small-scale moment of public infrastructure in use, with people observing from a walkway rather than a staged or official presentation.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Wisconsin drawbridge footage, 8mm bridge opening, vintage waterway infrastructure, and home movie bridge mechanism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1969 scenes, then broader vintage bridge, waterway, and public works material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a drawbridge gate, railings, water, and two people watching from a concrete walkway. — Two observers stand near the railing as the drawbridge mechanism sits above the water.

1969 Wisconsin home-movie frame with the drawbridge gate raised slightly, revealing machinery and water below. — The bridge gate begins to rise, exposing the darker mechanism beneath it.

The Wisconsin drawbridge is partly open, with the wheel-like mechanism visible below the lifting gate and two people nearby. — The gate rises farther, revealing more of the bridge mechanism over the waterway.

Final 1969 Wisconsin frame showing the raised bridge gate, exposed mechanism, water below, and observers at the rail. — The bridge opening exposes the lower mechanism while two people continue watching from the walkway.

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