Michigan USA-1961: Man On A Boat In The Middle Of A Lake Bending Down

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

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Man On A Boat In The Middle Of A Lake Bending Down — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 in Michigan, showing a man in a small motorboat on a calm lake. The fisherman, wearing a dark shirt, bends over in the center of the boat, likely checking his catch or adjusting equipment. The scene is captured with classic Super 8 film grain, warm sepia tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American outdoor lifestyle. The boat floats peacefully on rippling water with a tree-lined shore in the background, framed by the characteristic black borders of old film reels.

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: 121078280

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 requests needing early 1960s Michigan home-movie footage of lake recreation, small boating, or quiet outdoor cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, soft 8mm color, and informal filming style support the 1961 home-movie context, though no visible landmark further identifies the lake.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in the man bending within the boat, suggesting routine fishing or gear handling rather than a posed recreational scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat, one adult man, rippling lake water, a wooded shoreline, dark film borders, and soft frame-to-frame repositioning.
Film character: The clip shows 8mm texture with muted warm color, visible grain, slight softness, vertical film marks, and contact-frame borders from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for lake recreation, fishing, summer travel, or mid-century family archive sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor leisure on an inland lake, with a small craft and distant shore conveying everyday regional recreation rather than a public event.
Research note: One adult figure is visible at a distance; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately because the clip is not clearance-guaranteed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Michigan lake home movie, 8mm man in small boat, vintage fishing boat on lake, and mid-century American outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake footage, then broader vintage boating, fishing, and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a man bending inside a small boat on rippling lake water with trees in the distance. — A man bends down in a small boat on the lake.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a small boat on lake water, with an adult figure low in the boat and wooded shoreline behind. — The boat drifts across the lake with the figure low inside it.

Soft 8mm frame from the Michigan lake scene, with a small boat partly near the left edge and rippling water filling most of the view. — The boat moves partly out of frame across the water.

Distant 1961 Michigan lake frame with a small boat and adult figure softened by grain, water texture, and dark film borders. — A distant boat sits low on the lake beneath the wooded shore.

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