Islesford Maine-1963: Painted Post Office Sign on a White Clapboard Wall

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationIslesford, Maine, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · Islesford, Maine, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1963 · Maine & Islesford · Reel 8edf17a6 contains 8 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

small-town post office
island village life
Maine coast travel
1960s family vacation
New England architecture
place-name signage
postal history

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Island village post office building with white clapboard siding
Time and weather: daytime · summer · dry, bright sky
Lighting: soft, even natural daylight
People: 0 · No people visible.
Landmarks: Islesford Post Office
Objects: painted sign board · clapboard siding · window with curtains · door frame · metal rain gutter · shingled roof edge
Readable signs: POST OFFICE. ISLESFORD MAINE
Colors: lavender white · navy blue · pale blue · grey-brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The 'POST OFFICE. ISLESFORD MAINE' sign is framed on white clapboard.
The camera jolts and the lettering blurs for a moment.
The frame settles higher, showing sky above the roofline.
The camera holds steady on the sign to the end of the shot.

Painted Post Office Sign on a White Clapboard Wall — Clip Details

Islesford, Maine, circa 1963 home movie footage. A close view of the island post office frames a dark board with light lettering reading 'POST OFFICE. ISLESFORD MAINE' on white clapboard siding, with a weathered roof edge and gutter above, a curtained window at right and a door frame at left. The handheld 8mm camera holds on the board, jolts briefly near one second and settles slightly higher. The film carries a strong blue-violet colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upWide shot
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000986

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Islesford, Maine, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Solves a request for an on-screen place marker for Islesford or the Cranberry Isles, Maine, circa 1963, as an establishing insert in documentary, museum or travel productions.
Period detail: The hand-lettered board, plain clapboard facade and weathered roof edge may show the modest rural postal buildings typical of the period, and the colour 8mm stock itself reads as early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped to film the post office sign as a way of noting where the family had arrived, the kind of record-keeping shot tourists made in place of a postcard.
What appears in frame: A dark sign with light lettering naming the post office, white clapboard siding, a curtained window with white trim, the edge of a door frame, a metal gutter and a weathered roof edge with a strip of sky.
Film character: Handheld 8mm reversal film with fine grain, gentle softness and a strong blue-violet colour shift that turns the white siding lavender, plus a brief jolt that blurs the lettering near one second.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or title-card style insert that names the location before cutting to wharf, harbour or family scenes.
Historical context: Islesford is the village and postal name for Little Cranberry Island in the town of Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, and its post office is listed as established in 1884.
Research note: No people appear; the building and its sign are identifiable and the property may be privately owned, so location use should be reviewed separately from the copyright in this home-movie film.
Research search match: Islesford Maine post office 1960s, Little Cranberry Island 8mm home movie, vintage Maine island post office sign, coastal Maine family vacation film circa 1963.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's family sitting on stone steps, family on a boat ride and gulls on granite blocks, then other Cranberry Isles or Mount Desert area footage from the early 1960s, then small-town post office scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Islesford, Maine post office sign on white clapboard, circa 1963, in blue-tinted 8mm home movie film — The 'POST OFFICE. ISLESFORD MAINE' sign on the island post office, Little Cranberry Island, circa 1963.
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Roofline and post office sign of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, Maine, filmed on 8mm circa 1963 — After a brief jolt the camera settles higher, showing sky above the Islesford post office roof, circa 1963.
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Hand-lettered sign naming the Islesford, Maine post office, early 1960s 8mm film with violet colour shift — Light capital lettering on a dark board names the post office of Islesford, Maine, circa 1963.
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Steady view of the clapboard post office facade in Islesford, Cranberry Isles, Maine, circa 1963 — The camera holds on the post office facade at the end of the shot, Cranberry Isles, Maine, circa 1963.
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