AMERICA! “THE PLEASURE PENINSULA” 1964 MICHIGAN TRAVELOGUE DETROIT GROSSE POINTE MD10064
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This 1964 color film episode of the NBC weekly syndicated series “America!” from provides a travelogue view of the state of Michigan hosted by Jack Douglas, highlighting natural wonders and tourist attractions in a colorful tour of the Great Lakes State (TRT 24:51).
Opening titles: “America!” over a montage of United States tourist attractions (0:08). Host Jack Douglas introduces himself. A map of Michigan appears in green, with the surrounding Great Lakes in blue (0:43). Autumnal lakefront forests, sunsets, snowy cabins, skiing. Title card with a lighthouse: “The Pleasure Peninsula” (0:57). The map returns. A montage of lakes, cliffs, rivers, and waterfalls (1:30). Girls play catch with a beach ball while running along the coast of Lake Michigan near Muskegon (2:10). The privately owned Old Presque Isle Lighthouse, originally built in 1840, overlooks a harbor on Lake Huron. Lighthouse keeper Francis Stebbins, who restored the property, speaks. A couple enters the lighthouse and takes in the view from the top. A fresnel lens in closeup (2:33). Welch’s Dock in Sault Ste. Marie. A ferry loads passengers for a sightseeing tour. The Soo Locks, which join Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes via the St. Marys River. A cargo freighter passes through the locks (3:58). A log boom of floating wood extends into the horizon. A Welch Lock Tours ferry (4:31). A ghost town, Fayette Historic State Park and Harbor, nestled along a bluewater cove. An iron ore sample and former smelting sites. A tourist takes in the sights (4:52). A wood carved sign with a racist depiction of a Native American Indian chief for “Black River Valley Parkway.” Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula’s Bruce Crossing. A family at a scenic overlook. The Black River and waterfalls: Gorge Falls and Potawatomi Falls. A swinging bridge and viewing platform (5:57). Lake Superior and Porcupine Mountains State Park. A couple hikes a footpath along a cliff (6:55). Tahquamenon Falls in the U.P. (7:36). An aerial view of Isle Royale in Lake Superior (7:52). A sea plane with a propeller-driven engine (8:02). Rock Harbor Lodge. Rock Harbor Lighthouse (8:26). A woman sketches a landscape of the lighthouse (9:04). A fisherman, Peter Edison winds a net and pushes a wheelbarrow (9:24). “Game Haven” a gift shop, trophy room, and wildlife corral in Wolverine, within Cheboygan County, hosts a buffalo herd, deer, antelope, reindeer, and elk (9:50). In Ironwood, a then-new 52-foot fibreglass and steel Native American archetype, known as “Hiawatha, World’s Largest Indian” (10:56). Dutch style wooden clogs. Holland Michigan’s roadside billboards for its “Dutch Village and Restaurant.” Blooming dahlias, a model stork. The pseudo-Dutch tourist attraction’s colorful architecture (11:41). The skyline of Detroit, seen from Windsor, Canada. Downtown Detroit. Woodward Avenue. Marshall Fredericks’ Spirit of Detroit statue (12:52). A sign: “Lakeshore Rd.” in Grosse Pointe. Residential mansions in the Wayne County suburb (13:36). Greenfield Village’s gated entrance, “The Edison Institute,” now the Henry Ford. The Ford Museum Building replicates Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. A London-style mechanical clock. A portrait of Henry Ford (13:54). Historical interpreters reenact candle making, a milliner’s store. A montage of women’s hats through the ages (14:37). The birthplace of Henry Ford, relocated with a placard (15:54). The brick garage where Ford built his first cars. An 1898 automobile with kerosene headlights (16:04). The Wright Brothers’ Cycle Shop, relocated from Dayton, Ohio. Photos of Ford with Wright, Thomas Edison. Edison’s laboratory (17:06). Models of Edison’s first light bulb, telephone microphone, and cylinder phonograph (17:48). A paddlewheel riverboat, the “Swanee” (19:13). The touring steamship South American leaves Detroit for Lake St. Claire, Lake Huron, and Mackinac. Cargo vessels (19:38). On-ship entertainment. Mackinac Island: A horse-drawn carriage, Little Bob’s Restaurant, Ryba’s Fudge Shop. Narration mentions “Fudgies.” Rental Bikes. A Borden’s milk truck, covered in balloons. A carriage ride past the Chatterbox Restaurant (20:28). The Grand Hotel’s red carpet (22:20). A montage of stills (22:53). Historic Fort Mackinac, cannons, historical reenactors. The Grand Sable Sand Dunes. End credits: “Produced by George Flournoy” (23:27).
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Visited the UP on our summer holiday in 2008 when my children were young. Not many British visitors to the U.S. ever go there (most stick to the big coastal cities or Florida) so we got an amazingly warm welcome. We still have the copper Xmas tree decoration we bought in Houghton, where we also ate at Joe's Famous Fish & Chips. Many happy memories!😁
My dad was born and raised in the upper peninsula, but moved to Detroit after he got out of the army, but half my family still live up there on our family farm (been in the family for 150 years) so I visit every year to help work on the farm
Hemingway loved Michigan and spent a great deal of time here from childhood on.
I was born in Michigan , my parents divorced when I was 12 and moved us to Texas . It took me over 40 years and a lifetime to make it back and it is as beautiful as it was when I was a child . Waterways are Crystal Clear these days and camping and outdoor activities are everywhere . I am so happy to be home .
This is so cool. Born in Michigan in 93 and been here my whole life. Been to almost every place on this video and I love seeing how great things were! I don’t mind all the tourism if people nowadays would clean up and respect our land!
I grew up in Michigan during this time period. Never saw the Mackinac Bridge, UP, or Lake Superior. The farthest north I ever traveled was to Grayling and Traverse City. Back in the 1960s, most of Michigan's inland waterways were badly polluted, as were all the Great Lakes. Thanks to environmental laws enacted in the 1970s, water quality has greatly improved. Loved seeing the old Detroit skyline. Thanks.
This is so cool to watch! I'm a lifelong Michigander. I've traveled to all of the places listed while living in my van fulltime!
Thank you for showing off my state. Even in 1964 it had a lot to offer as it does today, both peninsulas! Have been blessed to see all you showcased here and so much more!
So funny! They never highlighted or even mentioned most of the places we always visited in the summer when we stayed with relatives for a month in Otter Lake (Lower Peninsula) where my mother was born and my dad grew up until 1957 when they moved to Wisconsin. ! Naturally, we always went to Mackinack Island, and my mom even had a flat tire about halfway across the Bridge! We went to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the UP, just outside of Munising in the UP, where we always stopped for pasties (with rutabagas!) and Vernon’s ginger ale and also visited the waterfalls in the area. We stayed in tiny housekeeping cabins right on Lake Superior in a tiny village called Christmas, just down the road, where an enormous Santa Claus greets you, and my husband and I even brought our sons and dogs there for several summers. Anyway, we also loved to go to Frankenmuth (LP), a historic Bavarian town where the food was delicious and where there were several wonderful shops. Then, after my oldest sister and her husband and sons moved to Green Bay, we would take the car ferry from Ludington, MI to Manitowac, WI, right across Lake Michigan, where we would stay for a few weeks, and then head back home to Superior, WI. All of my Michigan relatives we visited years ago are all gone now, except for a few cousins, so my family now rents a townhome somewhere around Lutsen, Minnesota for our yearly summer vacation, bc it’s our favorite place anywhere on the Great Lakes. We live in southeastern WI now, in a city on Lake Michigan, but it’s not Lake Superior!
The Ducks in the Wisconsin Dells were military vehicles designed for amphibious landings during WWII. They still exist at the Dells and are fun to ride through the woods and in the water.
Michigan girl here. Proud to be a small town girl from the great town of Presque Isle, Alpena, Michigan!!! I lost my virginity under 4hat lighthouse and was just there again this summer. Lake Huron is the best! WooHoo! Go big H!
The woodward dream cruise is still a yearly thing drawing thousands , but pretty much any nice weekend you will see the guys out in their classic cars cruising the strip....
Love the old films
I went there; stayed in Marquette; at my ex wife's, childhood home , for 6 summers. That is one beautiful relaxing place to be.
I am a born & raised Michigander, and I a learned a couple of things I didn't know. Cool.
Spanning globe shining sea to sea all points in between America shows world Beautiful state of Michigan an its importance..even showcasing Woodward ave where the cops turn a blind eye at big 3 testing their high powered muscle cars 9to5 in broad daylight and for WORLD TOO SEE..thanks periscope
I love Michigan 💘
Born in san Diego California but moved to Michigan at age 3 and been here since it is the HAND OF GOD I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT A HAND SHAPED STATE..💯💯💯👽👽👽🌏🌎🌍🙏😇🪯💜
I love going up north. We hardly make it all the way into the UP though honestly. There's so much to get distracted by in the north of the lower peninsula
I'd like to think think that mr Steppens, lighthouse keeper, is still alive