Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1961: Woman Boarding Boat in Swimsuit

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

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Woman Boarding Boat in Swimsuit — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1961, capturing a joyful summer day aboard a wooden boat. A woman in a black patterned one-piece swimsuit and a man in patterned swim trunks enjoy a leisurely outing on the water. The clip shows the woman climbing onto the boat, laughing and smiling, with the bright blue water and sky visible in the background. The footage features classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid feel, showcasing mid-century American recreational life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 121076812

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 for 1960s American leisure, boating, summer recreation, and candid home-movie inserts involving adults on the water.
Period detail: The swimsuits, swim cap, wooden boat details, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-century recreational setting consistent with the 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged moment as a woman climbs aboard, laughs, and interacts casually with a nearby man during a boating outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark patterned swimsuit, a swim cap, a man in patterned trunks, boat railings, white boat structures, bright water, and soft sky.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm color texture with visible grain, slight softness, high summer contrast, and intermittent exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, leisure cutaway, transition into summer recreation, or human-scale insert within a boating sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday recreational boating and swimwear in a domestic home-movie context without identifying a specific marina, lake, or public event.
Research note: People are visible, including faces in some frames, so likeness and context review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan home movie boating, 1960s woman swimsuit boat, vintage 8mm summer recreation, and mid-century lake outing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Grand Rapids or 1961 Michigan material, then broader 1960s boating and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 home-movie frame from Michigan shows a woman in a swim cap climbing onto a boat while a man stands nearby. — A woman climbs onto the boat as a man stands beside her near the water.

A woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit steps aboard a boat in 1961 Michigan footage, with water and boat hardware behind her. — The woman steps aboard near the boat railing, with open water behind her.

The 8mm frame shows the woman low by the railing after climbing aboard, with a man partly visible and water beyond the boat. — The woman lowers herself near the railing after boarding the boat.

A woman in a dark patterned swimsuit smiles aboard a boat in the 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, with water visible behind her. — The woman smiles from the boat during the summer outing.

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