Film, Motion Picture

Silent, color 16mm film consisting of a series of shots of Put-In-Bay, Mackinac Island, and Straits of Mackinac ferries taken by Ned Schwimmer. The film features the EASTERN STATES, MYSTIC ISLE, VACATIONLAND, CITY OF MUNISING, MACKINAW CITY, and CHIEF WAWATAM. The film's lead is labeled "Photography by Ned Schwimmer, Gift of Charlotte & Henry Elsner and William Keller Sept. 1971."

The film begins with footage of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company passenger steamer EASTERN STATES arriving at the Put-In-Bay dock, as shot from the adjacent shore. The Erie Isles Ferry Company ferry MYSTIC ISLE is then shown docking from the same perspective. Next, a pan across the bay from atop Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial shows both vessels again.

The remainder of the film takes place in the vicinity of Mackinac. From inside a moving car, the camera rolls as the car approaches drives aboard the State of Michigan car ferry VACATIONLAND. From on board the VACATIONLAND, the camera catches two passing State of Michigan vessels--the car ferry CITY OF MUNISING, and the passenger ferry MACKINAW CITY. The film also contains several shots of passengers on the decks of the VACATIONLAND. The film ends with shots from the car as it leaves the VACATIONLAND, and of the CHIEF WAWATAM at dock.

The film is on a grey plastic reel labeled "Easttown Studio[?] Car Ferry, Mackinaw," and the film is housed in a brown metal canister with a tape label marked "Charlotte Henry" on its underside.