Michigan USA-1961: Small Boat Cruising On River With Trees In Background

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

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Small Boat Cruising On River With Trees In Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 shows a classic white motorboat cruising on calm river waters. The boat, featuring a cabin and wooden trim, moves steadily through the water with a person visible at the helm. Lush green trees line the riverbank in the background, creating a serene natural setting. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight flicker, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century leisure. The shot is framed with dark borders, typical of home movie projections.

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: 121076944

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 editorial sequences needing mid-century recreational boating on a wooded Michigan river.
Period detail: The cabin cruiser’s white hull, wood trim, canopy hardware, and home-movie color suggest early 1960s leisure boating, supported by the 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged spectator perspective, watching a small motorboat pass at close range on calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cabin cruiser, wooden trim, canopy frame, person at the helm, calm river water, wooded shoreline, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color, visible grain, slight flicker, gate borders, and occasional exposure variation characteristic of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, river-travel cutaway, leisure-memory beat, or transition within a 1960s family or regional sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents private recreational boating in a wooded river setting without identifying a specific marina, river, or event.
Research note: Human likeness and possible boat branding should be reviewed separately from copyright status before commercial or documentary use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan home movie boat, 1960s river cabin cruiser, vintage 8mm boating footage, and wooded waterway leisure scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1961 Michigan water scenes, then broader 1960s boating, river, and family-leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a white cabin cruiser passing on a wooded river. — A white cabin cruiser passes near a tree-lined riverbank.

1961 Michigan frame of a white motorboat with wood trim cruising past trees, with a person visible near the helm. — The motorboat moves steadily across the river with trees in the background.

Warm-toned 8mm frame of the 1961 Michigan cabin cruiser passing close to camera on calm water. — A close pass of the cabin cruiser shows wood trim, canopy supports, and film flare.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing the stern of a white cabin cruiser with a small flag against wooded shoreline. — The cruiser continues past, showing the stern area and small flag.

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