Isle Royale Michigan-1971: Boat Penonah Docking With Passengers Boarding

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

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Boat Penonah Docking With Passengers Boarding — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this archival footage captures a white boat named PENONAH docked at a wooden pier on Isle Royale, Michigan. Passengers in casual 1970s attire board and disembark, with some standing on the deck and others on the dock. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with dense forest lining the shoreline in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of vintage home movie recordings. This clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1970s transportation and daily life on the remote island.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125770005

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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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: 1971 8mm home-movie footage of Isle Royale boat travel for documentary inserts about visitor transportation, docks, and Great Lakes island access.
Period detail: Casual clothing, the small passenger boat, wooden pier, and home-movie color palette place the visible scene in the early 1970s as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, watching passengers wait, board, and stand near the PENONAH without staged action or formal posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger boat, docked visitors, wooden pier planks, stacked materials, metal benches, forested shoreline, overcast sky, and a nearby house exterior.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, mild color fading, and brief gate-edge darkness that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief transportation insert, arrival cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat in a sequence about Isle Royale visits.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary visitor movement around a remote Michigan island dock, with people and boat activity shown as everyday travel rather than ceremony.
Research note: People and the boat name are visible, so likeness, trademark, vessel identification, and location context may need review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Isle Royale 8mm boat dock, PENONAH passenger boarding, vintage Michigan island travel, and home movie ferry pier footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Isle Royale 1971 shots, then broader 1970s Great Lakes docks, passenger boats, and vacation travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Isle Royale home-movie frame showing a light-colored house exterior with porch railing, windows, roofline, and evergreen branches in front. — A house exterior and trees appear before the docked boat sequence.

1971 Isle Royale frame showing the white boat PENONAH at a wooden dock, with passengers on the pier and forested shoreline behind it. — Passengers gather near the docked PENONAH at the pier.

1971 Isle Royale frame with visitors on the wooden pier beside the PENONAH, with benches, stacked materials, and wooded shoreline visible. — Visitors wait and move around the pier next to the boat.

1971 Isle Royale frame showing the PENONAH moored at the pier as several passengers stand nearby, with stacked dock materials in the foreground. — The boat remains moored as passengers stand along the pier.

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