Michigan USA-1961: Tour Boat Carries Passengers Across Lake With Trees in Background

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

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Tour Boat Carries Passengers Across Lake With Trees in... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a classic wooden and white tour boat cruising across a calm lake in Michigan. Passengers are visible on the deck under a canopy, with a small American flag fluttering. The boat moves steadily away from the camera, framed by a dark border typical of old film. Lush green trees line the distant shore under an overcast sky, capturing a nostalgic summer day. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera shake, preserving the authentic look of a mid-century family vacation.

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: 121077017

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary needs showing a Michigan lake excursion boat with visible passengers in home-movie travel footage.
Period detail: The canopy boat, small American flag, color 8mm look, and visitor vantage may show mid-century recreational boating consistent with the 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation viewpoint, watching passengers ride away across the lake rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tour boat, passengers under a canopy, an American flag, calm lake water, wooded shoreline, overcast sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, faded color, visible grain, vertical scratches, gate edges, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, lake transition, recreational boating cutaway, or brief memory beat in a mid-century vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure travel on an inland Michigan lake, with passengers gathered on a small excursion boat against wooded shorelines.
Research note: People and a flag or possible vessel markings are visible, so likeness and any identifiable marks should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm lake boat footage, home movie tour boat passengers, and mid-century summer travel on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel vacation scenes, then Michigan or 1961 lake footage, then broader themes of boating, summer travel, and family recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a white and wood tour boat with passengers and a small American flag on a calm lake. — A small tour boat carries passengers across calm water with trees lining the far shore.

Rear view of a Michigan lake tour boat in 1961, with passengers seated beneath a canopy and wooded hills in the background. — The boat moves away from the camera, centered between lake water and forested shoreline.

Soft 8mm frame of a tour boat receding on a Michigan lake, with passengers visible under the roof canopy. — Passengers remain visible as the boat continues across the lake in a wide home-movie view.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a tour boat moving away on calm water, with passengers, canopy, and wooded shoreline visible. — The final frame holds on the boat as it travels away across the lake under an overcast sky.

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