Michigan USA-1961: Classic Wooden Cabin Cruiser Anchored On Lake

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

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Classic Wooden Cabin Cruiser Anchored On Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1961 shows a classic wooden cabin cruiser anchored on a calm lake in Michigan. The white and brown boat features a canvas top and an American flag, with two people visible on board—one in a dark sleeveless shirt. The scene captures a nostalgic summer vacation moment, with gentle water ripples and a tree-lined shore in the background. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of home movie footage, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, retro content, or historical storytelling.

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: 121076912

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: 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, lake-vacation, and family-recreation sequences needing authentic home-movie material.
Period detail: The wooden cabin cruiser, canvas top, small stern flag, and warm 8mm color may show early-1960s recreational boating style in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the boat from nearby water level, giving the scene an unstaged vacation-view perspective with people casually aboard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white and brown cabin cruiser, canvas canopy, American flag, tree-lined shore, lake water, railings, cabin windows, and two people on deck.
Film character: The footage carries home-movie texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight color fade, frame borders, and uneven exposure across the contact frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a sequence about summer travel, boating, lakes, or midcentury recreation.
Historical context: The clip visually situates leisure boating as a private vacation activity on a wooded Michigan lake without supporting a specific event or public occasion.
Research note: People and possible boat markings are visible, so likeness and brand or vessel-identification review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment.
Research search match: Searchers may find it under 1961 Michigan lake boating, 8mm home movie cabin cruiser, vintage wooden boat, or midcentury summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1961 Michigan lake material, and then with broader boating or family-vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a white and brown cabin cruiser on lake water with people on deck and trees behind it. — Classic cabin cruiser seen broadside on a wooded lake, with an American flag at the stern.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a cabin cruiser on calm water, with two visible people near the canopy and wooded shoreline beyond. — Cabin cruiser on calm lake water with passengers visible near the open cockpit area.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing the cruiser passing across the frame, with cabin windows, railings, people, and shoreline visible. — The boat fills the frame, emphasizing the cabin windows, railings, and people aboard.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a white and brown cabin cruiser on the lake, with a person near the canopy and trees in the background. — Side view of the cruiser against a wooded shoreline, with warm film exposure at the left edge.

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