Isle Royale Michigan-1972: Motorboat Races Near Lighthouse On Lake

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

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Motorboat Races Near Lighthouse On Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of a lighthouse on Isle Royale, Michigan, seen from a moving boat. The footage shows a small motorboat with a person in a red shirt navigating calm waters, leaving a wake behind. The shoreline is lined with dense green forest, and a small red building is visible in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural motion, evoking a nostalgic 1970s lakeside adventure.

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: 125776601

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 editorial sequences needing Lake Superior leisure boating, Isle Royale shoreline atmosphere, or small motorboat racing from a home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The 8mm color, small outboard boats, casual clothing, and soft handheld shooting support an early 1970s recreational lake scene, with the 1972 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from across the water as small boats pass, preserving an unstaged visitor viewpoint rather than a formal sporting record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, small motorboats, seated operators, white wakes, forested shoreline, a small red shoreline structure, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur from motion, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that give the lake scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing detail for Isle Royale boating, summer travel, or vintage lake recreation.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational motorboating near a forested Isle Royale shoreline, reflecting a visitor-level view of lake travel without documenting a confirmed organized event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from any location or personal rights review.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1972 8mm Isle Royale motorboats, vintage Lake Superior boating, Michigan home movie lake footage, or small outboard boats near forested shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Isle Royale or Michigan 1972 footage, then with vintage lake recreation, boating, lighthouse, or shoreline travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Isle Royale home-movie frame showing a small motorboat moving across lake water below a wooded shoreline. — A small motorboat moves across open water beside the forested Isle Royale shoreline.

A distant small motorboat passes across Isle Royale lake water in a 1972 8mm home-movie view. — The boat passes left to right across rippled water, with shoreline trees in the background.

A small boat with a distant seated person travels along calm Isle Royale water, with forest and a red structure beyond. — A low motorboat runs along the lake as a small red structure appears on the shore.

Two small boats appear on the lake near Isle Royale shoreline, one with a distant person in red aboard. — Two small boats share the frame against the wooded shore, one leaving a faint wake.

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