Michigan USA-1961: Person Water Skiing on Lake

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

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Person Water Skiing on Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 shows a person water skiing on a calm lake. The skier, wearing a bright orange swimsuit, glides across the water, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is framed by dark borders and shows visible film grain, scratches, and vertical sprocket holes, characteristic of old Super 8 film. A dense treeline borders the far shore under a bright, sunny sky. The clip captures the nostalgic energy of mid-century summer recreation, with the skier gradually moving across the frame before disappearing from view.

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: 121078184

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 summer recreation edits needing authentic 8mm home-movie lake and water-skiing footage.
Period detail: The bright swimsuit, small motorboat, wooded shoreline, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century leisure on an inland Michigan lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film perspective, watching a skier pass across open water from a distant shoreline or boat viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier, white spray, calm lake surface, wooded far shore, small boat, dark frame borders, and film scratches.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm color, visible grain, vertical scratches, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, summer-memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition into a lake vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor leisure and motorized water recreation in a home-movie record without identifying a specific family or lake.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm Michigan lake water skiing, vintage home movie summer recreation, and person skiing on calm water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Michigan 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s family vacation or water-sports material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a distant water skier in orange crossing a calm lake with trees along the far shore. — A water skier moves across the lake, throwing a small white spray behind the skis.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame with a distant skier in orange moving across open lake water near a tree-lined shore. — The skier continues across the frame with a bright wake trailing over the lake surface.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing lake water and a distant wooded shore after the skier has moved out of the visible area. — The camera holds on rippled lake water and the far treeline as the skier leaves the shot.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a small red-and-white motorboat moving across calm lake water with a trailing wake. — A small motorboat passes through the frame, leaving a long white wake on the lake.

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