Isle Royale Michigan-1972: A Huge River And The People Traveling On A Ship To

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

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A Huge River And The People Traveling On A Ship To — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a family journey on a boat at Isle Royale, Michigan. Passengers in summer attire enjoy the sunny day, with one man handling a large barrel on the wooden deck. The camera pans across the sparkling blue water and tree-lined islands, offering a nostalgic view of a classic American lakeside vacation. The footage features natural film grain and warm color tones characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era.

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: 125776539

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: Useful for 1970s documentary, museum, or editorial edits needing home-movie views of passenger boat travel on Lake Superior at Isle Royale.
Period detail: The summer clothing, wooden dock or deck area, and 8mm color film texture support the 1972 home-movie context described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger perspective as people gather near a barrel and the camera turns from deck activity toward open water and islands.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include passengers, a large barrel, wooden deck planks, boat structure, sparkling blue water, wooded islands, and bright summer sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blues, sun flare on water, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic family-travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, lake crossing transition, vacation memory beat, or cutaway between Isle Royale arrival and shoreline scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers social context for recreational boat travel and family sightseeing around Isle Royale without identifying the passengers or vessel.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no visible brands or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1972 Isle Royale 8mm boat trip, Lake Superior home movie, or 1970s passenger ship footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Isle Royale or 1972 Michigan footage, then broader 1970s lake travel and family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Isle Royale home-movie frame showing passengers on a boat deck as a man handles a large barrel near the water. — Passengers gather near a large barrel on the boat deck beside sparkling lake water.

Isle Royale boat-travel view across sparkling blue water toward tree-lined islands, with dark boat framing at the edge. — The camera looks from the boat toward open water and distant wooded islands.

Handheld 8mm view from a boat at Isle Royale, with a passenger partly silhouetted beside sunlit water and wooded shoreline. — A passenger is partly silhouetted as the boat passes bright water and island shoreline.

Boat-side home-movie view of a passenger near the frame edge with Isle Royale water and forested islands in the background. — The view holds on lake water and wooded islands with a passenger at the boat edge.

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