Wisconsin-1963: Vehicle Ferry Carrying Cars With Its Loading Ramps Raised

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · Wisconsin, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

water transportation
vehicle transport
working vessels
travel
waterway crossings
everyday infrastructure
home movie observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · Near water level, looking obliquely toward the ramp end and one side of the ferry
Setting: outdoor · Inland waterway bordered by a wooded shoreline
Time and weather: daytime · Likely summer · Clear sky
Lighting: Direct sunlight with bright hull highlights and deep ramp shadows
People: 2 · Two distant figures appear silhouetted inside the elevated wheelhouse; facial details and clothing are indistinct.
Vehicles: vehicle ferry · several partially obscured cars
Objects: raised loading ramps · elevated wheelhouse · deck railings · signal lights · upright posts · flag · flagpole · water · shoreline trees
Colors: blue · dark green · cream · black · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The ferry fills the view with raised loading ramps facing the camera.
Cars and silhouetted wheelhouse figures remain visible above the deck.
The widening composition reveals more water around the hull.
Nearly the entire near end sits against the wooded shoreline.

Vehicle Ferry Carrying Cars With Its Loading Ramps Raised — Clip Details

Probably in Wisconsin, circa 1963 home movie footage shows a vehicle ferry on a wooded waterway. Raised dark loading ramps span the near end, with cars visible behind the side railings and two figures silhouetted inside the elevated wheelhouse. The continuous handheld view gradually widens, revealing more water around the vessel while keeping its working structure near the center. Sunlight catches the pale hull above the rippling blue water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003899

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People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This circa 1963 view supports documentary requests for American vehicle ferries, inland transportation and cars carried across wooded waterways.
Period detail: The partly obscured cars have rounded bodies and bright trim consistent with the broad period around circa 1963.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the working vessel from across the water, recording its structure without posed interaction.
What appears in frame: Raised ramps dominate the foreground beneath a wheelhouse, with cars, railings, signal posts, a flag and shoreline trees completing the view.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, dust marks, cool color and uneven contrast reflect the projected small-gauge film capture.
Edit role: Use the sustained wide view as a transportation establishing shot or a transition into a ferry outing sequence.
Historical context: Cars sharing a compact vessel with an elevated control cabin show the practical arrangement of a vehicle crossing around circa 1963.
Research note: People are distant silhouettes and no logos are readable; footage copyright is separate from any applicable likeness, vessel or vehicle property rights.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1963 car ferry home movies, raised loading ramps and small-gauge footage of American inland transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's garden-gate group and ice-cream walk, then with probable Wisconsin material around circa 1963, followed by other vehicle crossings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably Wisconsin, circa 1963: a close wide view of a car ferry's raised ramps, elevated wheelhouse and partly obscured vehicles. — Dark loading ramps stand raised across the ferry's near end.
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A vehicle ferry, probably in Wisconsin circa 1963, shows two wheelhouse silhouettes above its car deck and dark loading ramps. — Figures are visible through the wheelhouse windows above the vehicle deck.
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Probably Wisconsin, circa 1963: a wider view reveals the ferry's flagpole, pale hull and raised ramps against a leafy shoreline. — More of the hull and surrounding water enter the widening composition.
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A car ferry on a wooded waterway, probably Wisconsin circa 1963, appears in a broad view with raised ramps and cars aboard. — The ferry's near end and side deck remain visible in the broader waterway view.
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