I'm currently trying to migrate one of my customer's ECM system from FileNet to Alfresco.
Since they are using Filenet Image Services 4.0 SP4, I cannot take advantage of CMIS (only available from 4.5.x).
According to this blog in more or less similar conditions :
The best practice seems to be reading the database to find all documents (data + link to image) :
I think the best practice is to use standard FileNet Image Services Resource Adapter (ISRA) if you can.
Product Documentation for FileNet Image Services Resource Adapter