Isle Royale Michigan-1971: Lighthouse On Pier At Dusk

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationIsle Royale, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Lighthouse On Pier At Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view from Isle Royale, Michigan. The clip opens on a calm, purple-hued horizon with a distant shoreline, then slowly pans to reveal a small white lighthouse standing at the end of a pier. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, quiet atmosphere. The scene is devoid of people, focusing on the natural landscape and the stillness of the water under a twilight sky.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125769709

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1006 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: Isle Royal Michigan
Date: 1971 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Isle Royale, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1970s Great Lakes travel, conservation, or quiet coastal infrastructure sequences needing authentic 8mm lighthouse and shoreline atmosphere.
Period detail: The 1971 metadata and 8mm color stock support an early-1970s home-movie context, while the frames show a simple pier lighthouse, open water, and a subdued dusk sky.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds and pans from a visitor vantage point across calm water, treating the lighthouse as a quiet scenic landmark rather than a staged subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open lake water, a low horizon, purple evening sky, distant shoreline or breakwater, a small white lighthouse, pier structure, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, purple color shift, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm establishing insert, lakeshore transition, travel-memory cutaway, or reflective pause between busier Isle Royale or Great Lakes scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's view of a lighthouse and pier landscape at Isle Royale, showing recreational observation of Great Lakes scenery in the early 1970s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property considerations for their intended use.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1971 8mm Isle Royale lighthouse, Great Lakes pier at dusk, vintage Michigan home movie shoreline, and Super 8 lake horizon.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Isle Royale material, then broader Great Lakes lighthouse, shoreline, dusk, or nature travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Isle Royale 8mm frame showing open lake water beneath a purple evening sky, with dark film gate edges visible. — Calm water and a purple horizon open the lakeside view.

Isle Royale home-movie frame with a flat lake horizon, muted dusk sky, and visible 8mm frame borders. — The camera lingers on the open Great Lakes horizon.

1971 Isle Royale 8mm view of a small white lighthouse on a pier against calm lake water and a violet dusk sky. — A small lighthouse appears at the end of the pier.

Isle Royale 8mm frame showing a white lighthouse on a narrow pier with still water and a purple evening sky. — The lighthouse stands alone on the pier in the dusk light.

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