Rollag Minnesota-1971: Vintage Ferry, Bridge, and People at a Rural Stop

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

Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationRollag, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Minnesota

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Vintage Ferry, Bridge, and People at a Rural Stop — Clip Details

Rollag Minnesota-1971: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a nostalgic slice of mid-1970s Americana. The footage opens with a white ferry docked at a pier, its side marked 'FERRY MADELINE ISLAND - BAYFIELD', with a smaller boat named 'NICHEVO' nearby. The scene transitions to a weathered metal truss bridge spanning a lush, green forested area, viewed from a moving perspective. The final frames show two people standing on a grassy embankment near a concrete structure with a metal railing, suggesting a rural transportation stop. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slightly faded colors, and a handheld, observational style, evoking a sense of personal memory and historical travel.

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: 125773519

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

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 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: Rollag, Minnesota, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s rural travel, ferry or bridge transportation requests needing brief observational 8mm home-movie material from Minnesota-linked footage.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s leisure travel cues, including a small ferry sequence from metadata and a weathered metal bridge seen through saturated 8mm color.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing transportation structures and briefly catching people near a rural stop rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible material includes a metal truss bridge, dense green trees, dark film-frame edges, a white railing, a concrete platform, grass, and two distant people.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, rural travel transition, transportation cutaway, or memory beat between longer Minnesota or ferry-related sequences.
Historical context: The frames suggest a rural transportation environment where bridges, railings, and small public stopping points sit close to wooded landscape.
Research note: People and ferry markings are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm rural Minnesota travel footage, vintage ferry and bridge home movie, or small-town transportation stop cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Rollag or Minnesota 1971 material, then broader 1970s rural transportation, ferry, and bridge footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 home-movie frame from Minnesota-linked footage showing a white vessel or cabin structure beyond a rusted bridge and greenery. — A white vessel or cabin structure appears above a metal bridge framed by trees.

A weathered metal truss bridge spans a wooded area in this 1971 Minnesota-linked 8mm home-movie frame. — The camera looks toward a rusted bridge structure over dense greenery.

The frame holds on the metal bridge and surrounding trees, with Super 8 frame edges visible at the sides. — A bridge support structure fills the view as the camera passes the wooded crossing.

Two distant people stand near a low concrete structure and metal railing in a grassy rural area in Minnesota-linked 1971 footage. — Two people stand near a concrete platform and white railing beside a grassy embankment.

Visually Similar Clips