Michigan USA-1961: Life Vest Clad Man Water Skiing On Lake With A View From Boat

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

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Life Vest Clad Man Water Skiing On Lake With A View From... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 shows a man water skiing on a lake. He wears a red life vest and striped swim trunks, gripping a tow rope as he glides across the water. The view is from a boat, with the skier captured in motion, splashing through the waves. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic 1960s summer recreation scene. The footage captures the excitement and energy of a classic American water sport.

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: 121077437

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 (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 American recreation requests needing real home-movie footage of water skiing, lake boating, or summer leisure in Michigan.
Period detail: The red life vest, striped swim trunks, small tow skis, and soft 8mm color may show early-1960s recreational boating style.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged boat-passenger viewpoint, following a skier as he balances, leans, and splashes across the wake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red life vest, striped swim trunks, water skis, tow rope, lake surface, boat wake, shoreline, and another boat in the distance.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture with visible grain, gate edges, handheld framing, color fade, vertical scratches, and motion blur from fast movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, summer recreation cutaway, lake-transition beat, or memory flash of midcentury leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational water skiing as a casual home-movie subject, with safety gear and boat-based filming visible in the action.
Research note: A person is visible and may be identifiable in some frames, so likeness review remains separate from copyright and location assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm home movie water skiing, vintage lake boating, red life vest skier, and 1960s summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Michigan or 1961 lake scenes, then broader boating, swimming, and summer sport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a man in a red life vest and striped trunks leaning forward while water skiing on a lake. — A life-vested skier leans into the wake while holding the tow rope.

The skier moves across the wake in red safety gear and striped trunks, with water spray and blurred motion on the lake. — The skier rides low as the tow pulls him through choppy water.

A home-movie view from the boat shows the skier balancing on red skis while spray rises around his legs. — Spray surrounds the skier as he keeps balance behind the boat.

A motion-blurred skier crosses the lake, with a wooded shoreline and small distant boat visible in the background. — The skier passes through frame as the camera catches the lake and distant boat.

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