Wisconsin-1964: Ferry Sailing On The River

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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Ferry Sailing On The River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a ferry gliding across a calm river in Wisconsin. The clip shows the ferry's white and black hull with a raised control tower, where crew members are visible. Red signal lights flash on the deck, and the vessel moves steadily through the water, leaving a gentle wake. Lush green trees line the distant shore under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky, handheld perspective, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana travel memory.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127602941

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 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: 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

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: Useful for 1960s Wisconsin transportation, river crossing, travel, or mid-century Americana sequences needing authentic home-movie ferry footage.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-1960s river ferry with a raised pilot house, open deck rails, signal lights, and a simple working-vessel profile.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint suggests a traveler filming from shore or another vessel as the ferry passes at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ferry hull, raised control cabin, deck railings, signal lights, river water, wooded shoreline, and distant low hills.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus, saturated color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a transportation insert, river crossing cutaway, Wisconsin travel transition, or quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The footage places everyday ferry travel within a leisure or road-trip setting, with people present but not individually identifiable in the frames.
Research note: People appear on or near the vessel, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Wisconsin ferry footage, 8mm river transportation, vintage home movie ferry crossing, and 1960s Midwest travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1964 river or travel scenes, then broader ferry, waterway, and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a ferry on the river, with a raised pilot house, dark bow ramp, and trees in the background. — Ferry approaches or passes the camera on a tree-lined river.

1964 Wisconsin home-movie frame of a ferry crossing calm water, with the pilot house and deck details visible against a wooded bank. — Ferry continues across the river with its pilot house silhouetted against the sky.

1964 Wisconsin 8mm still showing a ferry passing by, its light hull and dark bow ramp visible above rippling river water. — The ferry passes at close range, leaving ripples along the river surface.

1964 Wisconsin frame of a river ferry under clear sky, with signal lights and the raised control cabin visible above the hull. — Ferry continues across the water with wooded shoreline in the background.

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