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Stephen T. Mather Film Collection: Moose at Isle Royale, 1926
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Title Card: Moose on Isle Royle (a Michigan Game Preserve)
Title Card: Copyrighted 1926. Frank M. Warren. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
An adult cow or adolescent male moose stands in a tree-lined body of water feeding with its head and neck down in the water. It periodically raises its head out of the water and then puts it head it the water again as fast-moving waves hit the shore.
The moose slowly moves closer to the shore, feeding in the water as it goes, until close-up images of it are seen. It looks directly at the camera for several seconds before turning and swimming into deeper water. The moose continues to look back towards the camera.
The moose swims toward the shore, walking out of the shallow water. It makes it to shore and disappears into the thick trees.
An adult bull moose stands in shallow water. It moves towards the tree-lined shore but then veers into deeper water, swimming in water up to its neck. It reaches the shore and trots off screen.
Another adult moose swims in water up to its neck. It swims to shore and disappears into the woods.
Another adult cow or adolescent moose swims in the lake. The photographer appears to be following it in a boat resulting in very close up shots. The moose swims swiftly, apparently to get away from the boat, rushes out onto the shore and disappears into the water.
A bull moose with large antlers walks towards the camera as it tries to walk out of the water. At the shoreline it turns back into the rather than try to get over downed trees. It moves a short distance along the shoreline until it finds easier access to the trees and disappears.
An adult cow or adolescent male moose stands feeding in the shallow water among sparse reeds. Thick forests line the shore in the distance.
A close-up view of the moose which looks briefly at the camera then turns and splashes further away into deeper water. It stands in water just below its belly looking at the camera. It turns 180 degrees and then looks at the camera again. It turns another circle and begins to slowly move away, putting its head in the water periodically to feed.
A bull moose swims in water up to its neck towards shore as a man and woman in a canoe approach near it. The bull gets to shore and turns towards the filmmaker, running immediately in front of the camera before returning to the water.
A female moose (cow) and her calf feed in shallow hoof-deep water along the shoreline. The calf shakes water from its hide. They meander together on the shore briefly before heading back into the water. The cow looks at the camera, seeming to assess the risk presented by the cameraman. She and her calf move away, leave the water, and head into the trees.
Two calves stand in fast-moving water along the shoreline among sparse reeds. Close up of one of the calves which walks directly towards the camera. The curious calf appears to sniff towards the cameraman and then turn away, before coming close again.
Two calves look back over their shoulders as they walk from the shallow water onto the shore.
A cow and her calf swim in water up to their neck. When the reach the shore they get out of the water and disappear into the trees.
A bull moose stands in water up to its belly and looks toward the camera. It turns and heads to the right into shallower water. After awhile it turns back in the other direction and swims into deeper water. It pulls up long grasses which dangle from its mouth.
As the bull continues to feed in deeper water, a cow or adolescent male splashed into the scene from the left. The bull begins to move away, splashing towards the shore.
A cow or adolescent moose near the shore climbs out of the water.
A large bull swims in the lake up to its neck in water. The powerful animal’s muscles can be seen as it runs out of the water and along the shore, and away from the photographer in a boat. It stops to look back at the camera before disappearing into the woods.
Description
Silent black-and-white film “Moose at Isle Royale (A Michigan Game Reserve).” Documents male, female, and juvenile moose feeding and swimming in the water (some scenes filmed from a boat on the water). Copyright 1926 by Frank M. Warren, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The copyright on this film has expired.
Duration
16 minutes, 3 seconds
Credit
NPS History Collection film by Frank M. Warren (HFCA 1886)
Date Created
11/21/2024
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