Series: Amateur Footage

1970 Film Highlights, undated
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Unedited footage of tree harvesting and replanting in the area of Waunona (Madison?). Footage cuts to highway and bridge construction in the Sauk County and Wisconsin River area before cutting again to a marching band exiting a school bus, miscellaneous footage of a ceremony with police and Miss Superior with a flag raising, speeches, and tree planting. Footage of a I-94 highway sign for Madison/Cambridge 2 miles ahead and erecting a sign for 1 mile to Madison/Cambridge. Cuts to Madison Division of Transportation building off of University Avenue in Madison followed by a highway sign for Madison/Sun Prairie.

Black River Falls-Hixton Section of I-94 Dedication, circa 1967-1968
Physical Description: 16 mm, black & white, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Footage begins with a sign for “A Salute to Highway Progress” followed by large crowds and a podium presentation. Reel includes various ribbon cutting ceremonies at locations along the Black River Falls and Hixton section of I-94. Cities include Eau Claire and Mondovi, Osseo and Fairchild, Alma Center and Pigeon Falls, Hixton and Alma Center. Notable creative ribbons ceremonies include incorporation of ribbons made of Land-O-Lake butter packages, cutting a ribbon with a Native American hatchet, Miss Strawberry Queen, and the presentation of a hunting bow and demonstrations of traditional Native American dancing.

Disctrict 7-South 182 Before Reconstruction, 1970
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Sign for Iron County followed by miscellaneous point of view car footage of the road, water in a ditch, signs, bridges and both rural dirt and less maintained roads contrasted with new roads. Footage cuts to fall colors on trees, lake footage and signs for Connor Industrial Forest, Rat Lake Block, and Nicolet National Forest.

District 7, #2, St. Germain Lake
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Seeding test plots and car point of view shots of a highway, trees and bridge. Footage cuts to a sign for Crystal Muskie Campground Beach-Picnic area with miscellaneous campground footage. Sign for Sparkling Lake with more campground footage followed by signs for Diamond Lake and Grandmother Falls.

District 7, #3, undated
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Sign for Laona and footage of a main road in a small town. Scenes at a lumberyard and then a wooded area with a creek. Footage cuts to a water tower with “Petticoat Junction” written on the side. Point of view shots a small town from inside a car and a sign for Prentice.

Dodge County Road Building, circa 1930s-1940s
Physical Description: 16 mm, black & white, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Footage of construction and road building in Delton by Sarrington Company and of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin. The Iron Ridge footage includes scenes of Herman Street, Pleasant Avenue, East Avenue, Hyland Avenue and North Main Street. Construction scenes include surveying, laying cement and blasting with dynamite.

Interstate Route 94 in Waukesha County/U.S. Route 141 North of Milwaukee/ U.S. Route 41 near Richfield, Washington County, circa 1959-1960
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Aerial footage of Interstate 94. Also contains footage of U.S. Route 41 near Richfield, Washington County and U.S. Route 141 north of Milwaukee.

Kingsley Bend Project, circa 1960s-1970s
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Footage of men excavating patches of earth and measuring out square land in a wooded area before shifting to a view of a dirt road looking towards a finished highway with miscellaneous views of a river and train tracks. More views of wooded areas along with construction equipment and tree removal. This footage possibly shows Indian mounds in construction areas from either the Devil's Lake or Wisconsin Dells area in 1971.

Return to Roads and Loads #2, circa 1960s-1970s
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Road construction and repair footage, including highlights on poor road conditions, cracks, and potholes. Includes split screen view of the road before and after repair.

Scenic Easements, circa late 1960s-early 1970s
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Unedited footage of signs, including Mueller Climatrol Division of Worthington Corporation and Schneider's. Various scenes of a river and bluffs from the point of view of a car driving along a highway. Also includes shots of a family in the car. More river/bluff footage and a historic marker for the Mississippi River Parkway, highway views and a family picnic.

South Madison Beltline, 1971 May 7
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Scope and Content Note: Amateur footage of a sign for “Beltline West” in Madison, Wisconsin. Footage of cars and construction on the beltline and cars being redirected for construction. Signs for “South Beltline” and “Nakoma Road,” and the intersection of “Seminole Highway” and “Avon Road.”