Michigan USA-1961: Man Practicing Water Skiing

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

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Man Practicing Water Skiing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a man practicing water skiing on a calm lake. The grainy, color-bleached film shows a white motorboat with a person at the helm, pulling a skier in a red life vest. The skier glides across the water, creating a spray, while the boat moves through the water with a forested shoreline in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including visible grain, slight color fading, and edge damage, evoking a nostalgic 1960s recreational atmosphere.

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: 121077369

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Michigan recreation requests needing brief home-movie footage of lake boating and water skiing for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s leisure boating, with a white cabin motorboat, simple ski tow activity, and color 8mm home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal filming of a person practicing on the water, with attention shifting between the tow boat and skier rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, calm lake water, forested shoreline, skier in a red vest, water spray, tow line, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, faded color, soft focus, scratches, frame borders, and slight instability consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, lake-life transition, or memory beat within a family or leisure sequence.
Historical context: It documents small-boat lake recreation and amateur water skiing as seen through a private home-movie camera, without identifying a specific lake or people.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake boating home movie, 1960s water sport footage, and family recreation on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake scenes, then broader 1960s boating or water-skiing home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a white motorboat on calm lake water with a wooded shoreline in the background. — White cabin motorboat seen from the front on a calm lake.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a white motorboat angled across calm lake water, with trees behind and a tow line visible. — Motorboat on the lake with a line extending across the water.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a water skier in a red vest practicing on the lake, with spray rising behind him. — Water skier practicing while spray rises from the lake surface.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a water skier in a red vest crossing the lake, with spray, soft focus, and visible film wear. — Skier moves across the water as spray trails behind.

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