Wisconsin-1964: Rocky Cliff and Forest Along Lakeshore

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

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Rocky Cliff and Forest Along Lakeshore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in Wisconsin. The footage shows a rocky cliff face covered in lush green trees along the water's edge, filmed from a moving boat with a steady, forward-tracking perspective. The natural scene is bathed in soft daylight under an overcast sky, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette adding to its nostalgic charm. In the final frame, two people are briefly visible on a rocky outcrop, suggesting a family outing. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century American nature and leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127603409

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: 1960s Wisconsin 8mm nature footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a quiet lakeside forest view.
Period detail: The clip shows color home-movie film texture and outdoor leisure scenery consistent with the supplied 1964 Wisconsin metadata, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow the site.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a moving boat or shoreline vantage, ending with two people briefly visible on a rocky outcrop in an unstaged family-travel manner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, pale rocky shoreline, dense green trees, overcast sky, dark contact-frame borders, tree trunks, roots, and two distant people.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, muted color, and handheld framing that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, travel transition, lake-memory insert, or quiet establishing beat within a 1960s Midwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational observation of wooded lakeside terrain, with the human presence limited to distant visitors rather than a formal event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, audible music, or clear private property indicators are apparent.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Wisconsin 8mm lake footage, 1960s home movie forest shoreline, vintage Midwest nature scene, and family outing by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Wisconsin lake or forest footage, then broader mid-century American outdoor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a pale rocky lakeshore with dense green trees above calm water. — A wooded rocky shoreline seen across the lake.

1964 Wisconsin lakeside view with a pale cliff face, green tree cover, calm water, and visible 8mm frame borders. — The camera tracks past a wooded cliff along the water.

Shaded 1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame looking through tree trunks, foliage, and exposed roots near the lakeside rocks. — A shaded wooded foreground with trunks and roots near the shore.

1964 Wisconsin home-movie frame with two distant people on a rocky wooded outcrop beside the lakeside setting. — Two distant visitors appear on the wooded rocky outcrop.

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