Michigan USA-1961: Yacht With Tourists On Calm Water On A Cloudy Day

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

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Yacht With Tourists On Calm Water On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a white motor yacht cruising on calm water under an overcast sky. The boat, featuring a classic mid-century design with a cabin and open deck, carries several passengers, including a man in swim trunks standing at the stern. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and vertical scratch marks characteristic of aged Super 8 footage. Lush green trees line the distant shoreline, and the overall mood is nostalgic and leisurely, capturing a quiet summer day of recreational boating.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121077349

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Michigan, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 requests for early 1960s Michigan leisure boating, mid-century vacation footage, or documentary cutaways of recreational water travel.
Period detail: The cabin cruiser styling, swimwear, 8mm color stock, and home-movie framing support a 1961 recreational boating scene in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family or tourist vantage, watching passengers relax aboard a yacht moving slowly across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motor yacht, cabin windows, open stern deck, passengers, calm water, wooded shoreline, cloudy sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, muted color, handheld framing, light motion blur, gate edges, and vertical scratches that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for summer travel, boating recreation, or lakeside leisure in the 1960s.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational boating and vacation activity, with passengers visible on a private-looking leisure craft against a wooded shoreline.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Michigan 8mm yacht footage, vintage home movie cabin cruiser, tourists on calm water, and mid-century recreational boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel boating or shoreline shots, then Michigan 1961 vacation material, then broader 1960s water recreation and leisure travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a white motor yacht on calm water with passengers aboard under a cloudy sky. — A white motor yacht passes across calm water with trees in the distance.

Side view of the white cabin cruiser in Michigan, with visible passengers, calm water, and a dark wooded shoreline. — Passengers ride aboard a white cabin cruiser near a wooded shore.

Closer 8mm frame of a white motor yacht, passengers on the stern, and a small American flag near the rear deck. — The yacht fills the frame as passengers sit or stand near the stern.

Close 1961 Michigan frame of the cabin cruiser’s bow and cabin area, with passengers partly visible and aged film marks throughout. — The yacht’s cabin and bow pass close to the camera in soft 8mm color.

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