Wisconsin-1971: Barge On A Frozen River In Winter

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

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Barge On A Frozen River In Winter — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a barge navigating a frozen river in Wisconsin during winter. The scene is framed by a yellow industrial structure in the foreground, with a snow-covered mountain rising in the distance. The river surface is thick with ice and slush, and the barge moves slowly through the icy water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, offering authentic archival footage of winter transportation in the Midwest.

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: 125775209

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: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage for documentary or editorial requests needing winter river transport, ice conditions, or barge movement in Wisconsin.
Period detail: The muted color, 8mm frame texture, industrial foreground railings, and workboat on icy water support the supplied 1971 home-movie period context.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has a casual observer viewpoint from behind a yellow industrial structure, watching a distant barge move through ice without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a barge or workboat, broken ice on the river, yellow railings, vertical pipes, dark shoreline trees, and a snow-covered mountain ridge.
Film character: The clip shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or winter transportation transition in a sequence about rivers, shipping, cold weather, or regional memory.
Historical context: The footage visually documents winter river navigation and industrial waterfront observation without making claims about the specific waterway or vessel identity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but copyright, vessel identity, location verification, and property-related context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1971 Wisconsin 8mm barge on frozen river, vintage winter river transport, home movie ice and workboat, and Midwest archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Wisconsin winter footage, then broader archival clips of barges, frozen rivers, and industrial waterfronts.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a distant barge crossing an ice-filled river behind yellow industrial railings, with snowy mountains beyond. — A workboat or barge moves through broken river ice behind yellow waterfront railings.

The barge remains in the distance on the ice-covered river, framed by yellow industrial structure elements and a snowy ridge. — The vessel sits beyond foreground railings as ice covers much of the river surface.

A soft, grainy 8mm view shows the barge on slushy winter water, partially framed by a yellow waterfront railing and pipes. — Soft home-movie framing emphasizes the icy river and distant workboat.

Final frame shows the distant barge across broken ice, with yellow railings and vertical pipes in the foreground and mountains behind. — The barge remains visible across the frozen river, framed by industrial foreground details.

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