Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1961: A Man Skiing Behind A Boat With A Single Ski

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Michigan

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A Man Skiing Behind A Boat With A Single Ski — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, showing a man water skiing behind a boat on a lake. The skier, wearing white swim trunks, glides across the water on a single ski, holding a tow rope with a yellow handle. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality with natural lighting and a dark border typical of old film reels. The scene captures a classic summer recreational activity with a sense of motion and leisure.

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: 121076636

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 2015 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,linda communion,,d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan,
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1960s U.S. leisure, summer recreation, and water-sports sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The white swim trunks, single water ski, tow rope, and soft color 8mm look support an early 1960s home-movie recreation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves a casual family-film view of an adult skier balancing and turning behind an unseen boat on open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, a male water skier, a single ski, white trunks, tow rope, yellow handle, film borders, and soft shoreline detail.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, dark frame edges, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat within a lakeside leisure sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects mid-century recreational water-skiing as seen through personal home-movie footage rather than staged sports coverage.
Research note: An adult face and likeness appear indistinctly, so copyright, likeness, and any location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, Grand Rapids lake recreation, vintage slalom skiing, and home movie summer sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Grand Rapids or 1961 Michigan lake footage, then broader vintage water-sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 home-movie frame from Grand Rapids, Michigan, showing pale lake water and a blurred shoreline before the skier enters view. — A soft opening frame shows lake water and distant shoreline in grainy 8mm color.

1961 Grand Rapids, Michigan home-movie frame with an adult man in white trunks skiing on a single ski behind an unseen boat. — An adult skier balances on one ski while crossing the lake behind a tow rope.

1961 home-movie frame from the Grand Rapids lake scene, showing washed lake water and soft shoreline detail between skiing moments. — The camera drifts across pale lake water with the skier out of frame.

Closing 1961 Grand Rapids home-movie frame with a partial close view of water and dark 8mm frame border after the skiing pass. — A partial, soft frame closes the brief water-skiing pass on the lake.

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