Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1961: Shirtless Man Drinking Beer On Boat

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

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Shirtless Man Drinking Beer On Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1961, showing a shirtless, hairy-chested man wearing dark sunglasses at the helm of a boat. He holds a cigarette and a beverage can, taking a drink while navigating. The grainy, color-bleached film captures a candid moment of mid-century leisure, with the boat's steering wheel and dashboard visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including natural light, slight motion blur, and authentic 1960s Americana nostalgia.

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: 121076828

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: Yes
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, boating, and adult social-drinking cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s recreational boating, with dark sunglasses, a pull-tab-style beverage can, and 8mm home-movie color supporting the period setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged gesture of a man at the helm smoking, handling a can, and drinking during a casual boat outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man, dark sunglasses, cigarette, beverage can, boat steering wheel, helm controls, canopy frame, and dashboard area.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft color, visible grain, slight handheld framing, motion blur, and dark frame edges that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, boating, smoking, or casual alcohol use.
Historical context: The scene reflects private recreational life and adult leisure as recorded by a home-movie camera, without enough visual evidence to identify a brand or exact waterway.
Research note: A recognizable adult appears and a beverage can may show branding, so likeness and trademark review may be needed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan home movie boating, shirtless man drinking beer on boat, 8mm adult leisure footage, and vintage smoking at helm.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Grand Rapids or 1961 Michigan footage, then broader 1960s boating and leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a shirtless man in dark sunglasses at a boat helm with a cigarette in hand. — A shirtless man sits by the boat steering wheel, holding a cigarette under the canopy.

1961 Michigan boating footage frame with a shirtless man in sunglasses adjusting his shoulder near the helm, cigarette still visible. — The man remains seated at the helm, arm raised across his shoulder while a cigarette rests in his other hand.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing the man at the boat helm holding a beverage can in one hand and a cigarette in the other. — The man looks down toward a beverage can while seated beside the boat steering wheel.

1961 Michigan boating frame showing a shirtless man in sunglasses drinking from a can while seated at the helm. — The man drinks from the can beside the boat wheel, with the helm and canopy frame behind him.

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