Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1961: Family Waving From A Boat On A Summer Day

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

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Family Waving From A Boat On A Summer Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1961, capturing a family on a boat outing. A man in an orange life vest and a woman in a green life vest and plaid skirt are seen enjoying a sunny day on the water. The footage shows them waving and smiling, with the woman laughing in one frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and warm color tones typical of 1960s amateur home movies. The scene conveys a nostalgic, carefree summer vacation atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121076808

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing a short family boating or summer recreation moment in Michigan.
Period detail: The life vests, plaid skirt, warm color stock, and handheld framing support an early-1960s amateur boating scene, with the 1961 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves casual, unstaged behavior as adults smile, wave, and move around a small boat during a sunny outing on the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in orange and green life vests, a plaid skirt, boat railings, lake water, bright daylight, faces, and motion-blurred movement.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for family leisure, vacation travel, boating, or midcentury summer life.
Historical context: The footage gives a small-scale view of recreational boating and family social life, without showing identifiable landmarks or public events.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage licensing assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm boating footage, 1960s family home movie on water, adults waving from boat, and vintage summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Grand Rapids or Michigan 1961 material, then broader 1960s family boating and summer vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of adults on a boat, including a woman in a green life vest smiling beside a man in an orange vest. — Adults wearing life vests sit on a boat during a sunny outing on the water.

Blurred 1961 Michigan boating frame with adults in orange and green life vests moving close to the camera. — Adults in life vests move through a tight, motion-blurred boat shot.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a woman in a green life vest and plaid skirt moving past the camera on a boat. — A woman in a green life vest and plaid skirt passes the camera on the boat.

1961 Michigan boating frame with adults in orange and green life vests near the rail, softened by handheld motion blur. — Adults wearing life vests stand near the boat rail with water behind them.

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