Isle Royale Michigan-1972: Lake Landscape With Trees, Dock And Boat

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIsle Royale, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Lake Landscape With Trees, Dock And Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape on Isle Royale, Michigan. Lush green trees frame a vibrant blue lake under a bright, sunny sky. A man in a light-colored shirt stands on a dirt path, gazing at the water. The scene transitions to reveal a wooden dock with a small blue boat moored alongside. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century American vacation memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125776425

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Isle Royale, Michigan, 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or museum sequences needing an Isle Royale lakeside vacation view with trees, water, dock, boat, and a lone adult visitor.
Period detail: The bright color reversal look, simple small boat, casual clothing, and handheld framing support an early 1970s home-movie travel record, while no visible signage confirms a more specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged visitor perspective, first watching a man pause near the water and then tilting or reframing toward the dock and moored boat below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue lake, wooded shoreline, low hills, dense foreground trees, a dirt path, an adult man in a light shirt, a wooden dock, and a small blue boat.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld home-movie framing that preserve the physical-film texture of the original scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet travel insert, landscape cutaway, vacation-memory beat, or transition between Isle Royale visitor activity and broader lake scenery.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure travel in a wooded Great Lakes setting, showing how a home-movie camera framed lake access, paths, docks, and boats during a family or visitor outing.
Research note: One adult figure is visible from a distance, so likeness review may be relevant; no logos or clear private property are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Isle Royale 8mm lake footage, Michigan wooded shoreline home movie, vintage dock and boat on blue lake, and 1970s national park vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Isle Royale or Michigan lake material, and finally broader 1970s outdoor vacation, boating, and Great Lakes landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Isle Royale home-movie frame showing a blue lake, wooded hills, dense trees, and a distant adult man near a path. — A man stands near a tree-lined path overlooking the blue lake and wooded shoreline.

1972 Isle Royale lake view framed by green trees, with a distant adult man in a light shirt near the right edge. — The camera holds on the lake and forested shore as a distant man stands near the path.

1972 Isle Royale frame looking down through trees to a wooden dock, a small blue boat, and the lake beyond. — A small blue boat is moored by a wooden dock at the end of the tree-lined path.

1972 Isle Royale home-movie view of a blue boat beside a dock, framed by dense green trees and lake water. — The final view settles on the dock area, with the blue boat framed by trees and lake water.

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