Michigan USA-1961: People Helping Drowning Person in Lake with Boats

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

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People Helping Drowning Person in Lake with Boats — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a lakeside rescue scene. A small motorboat speeds across the water, leaving a white wake, while people swim in the lake. A smaller rowboat with two individuals is visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and vertical scratch lines, capturing a moment of urgency and community action on a calm summer day. The scene unfolds with natural, unscripted movement, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American life and outdoor recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121077722

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: Supports 1960s documentary or educational edits needing real 8mm Michigan lake rescue or boating footage with visible urgency on open water.
Period detail: The small motorboats, swim activity, faded color, and 8mm home-movie handling may show early-1960s American lake recreation as recorded by a family camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value because the camera observes people and boats responding on the lake rather than a posed vacation scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake surface, wooded shoreline, motorboats with wakes, swimmers in the water, a small rowboat, distant figures, film gate edges, and vertical scratches.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, muted color, visible grain, handheld framing, exposure variation, and vertical film wear.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tense insert, rescue cutaway, water-safety memory beat, or transition from leisure boating to emergency response.
Historical context: The scene places mid-century lake recreation and community response in the same frame, with boats and swimmers visible against a wooded Michigan shoreline.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, and copyright, location, and incident identification should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan lake rescue 8mm, vintage home movie drowning response, mid-century boating emergency, and swimmers aided by boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Michigan 1961 lake scenes, then with broader vintage boating, swimming, rescue, or water-safety material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing motorboats on a lake, swimmers in the water, and a wooded shoreline beyond. — Motorboats move across the lake while swimmers remain visible in the water.

1961 Michigan lake scene with a motorboat leaving a white wake while distant swimmers or figures remain in the water. — A fast-moving motorboat leaves a wake near people in the lake.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a small rowboat with people aboard, swimmers nearby, and a motorboat farther across the lake. — A rowboat sits near swimmers as another boat moves across the background.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame with a small rowboat, people seated inside, a nearby swimmer, and a wooded lakeshore in the distance. — People in a small rowboat are positioned near a swimmer on the lake.

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