Michigan USA-1961: A Motorboat Floats On The River With A Man At The Helm

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

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A Motorboat Floats On The River With A Man At The Helm — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a small motorboat gliding across a calm river. The clip, viewed through a window frame, captures a man operating the boat with another passenger aboard, set against a backdrop of dense green trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American summer recreation. The scene is framed by dark window edges, with a red and white flag briefly visible in one frame, enhancing the authentic home movie feel.

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: 121078251

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief recreational boating cutaway or waterside summer memory beat.
Period detail: The small motorboat, warm 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1961 Michigan setting point to mid-century leisure footage without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The scene feels casually observed from behind a window or railing as people pass by on the water rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, seated passengers, river water, wooded shoreline, dark window framing, and a brief red-and-white flag shape.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, muted warm color, and slight motion blur give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or reflective cutaway for boating, lakeside recreation, travel, or family-summer sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents everyday outdoor recreation in a Michigan water setting, with people boating near a wooded shore in an informal home-movie view.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm boating, vintage home movie river recreation, small motorboat on water, and mid-century American summer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Michigan 1961 water or recreation scenes, then broader 1960s boating and family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a small motorboat on river water, partly framed by dark vertical window edges. — A small motorboat moves across the river with wooded shoreline in the background.

A small boat with people aboard passes across a Michigan river in 1961, viewed through dark window framing. — The boat continues past the window-framed view of the river.

Small motorboat on Michigan river water with trees beyond and a red-and-white flag-like shape near the foreground edge. — A red-and-white foreground shape briefly crosses the boating view.

Distant motorboat appears blurred on bright river water in a 1961 Michigan home-movie frame with dark window edges. — The boat recedes or passes through a softer, brighter frame of river water.

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