Wisconsin-1971: A Sequence Of Natural Things Like Trees Ground And Stones

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Wisconsin

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A Sequence Of Natural Things Like Trees Ground And Stones — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a rural Wisconsin landscape from a moving vehicle. The sequence opens on a quiet road beside a grassy field with a large pile of dark material, possibly coal or gravel, under a cloudy sky. A small object lies on the roadside. The view then shifts to a wide shot of a dam spanning a rocky river, with water flowing through its gates and trees lining the banks. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural motion, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century Americana.

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: 125774132

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 1007 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: Wisconsin,Michigan
Date: 1971 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s rural Wisconsin or Midwestern landscape requests needing brief editorial cutaways of roadside fields, gravel or stone piles, and a small dam on 8mm home-movie film.
Period detail: The 1971 metadata and 8mm color stock point to an early-1970s home-movie record, while the visible rural road, open field, dam, and rocky riverbank remain broadly timeless.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, observing scenery from a moving vehicle and pausing on a dam without people, signage, or scripted action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-lane road, grassy field, dark gravel or stone pile, cloudy sky, rocky riverbed, low dam, water gates, and trees along the bank.
Film character: Soft focus, gate shadows, modest color fading, handheld drift, and visible 8mm grain give the clip a physical home-movie texture suited to archival use.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, rural transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat between broader Midwest travel or landscape sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents ordinary rural infrastructure and roadside scenery in Wisconsin, offering visual context for land, water management, and car-window travel without asserting a specific site.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but location identity, property status, and copyright or footage licensing should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Wisconsin 8mm rural landscape, vintage home movie dam, rocky riverbank, roadside field, gravel pile, and Midwest travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Wisconsin or 1971 landscape material, and finally with broader rural roads, dams, rivers, stones, and trees themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a rural roadside, open grass field, and dark gravel or stone pile beneath a cloudy sky. — A rural road passes a grassy field and a dark pile of material under overcast skies.

A 1971 Wisconsin roadside view shows an open field, dark gravel or stone pile, and low clouds beyond the road. — Open roadside land with a dark pile of material and a low, cloudy horizon.

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a low dam crossing a rocky riverbed, with water gates and trees along the shoreline. — A dam crosses a rocky riverbed with trees and brush at the bank.

A 1971 Wisconsin home-movie view of a dam over a rocky riverbed, with trees at the right bank and muted overcast light. — The dam and rocky riverbed appear in muted light, framed by trees at the bank.

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