Michigan USA-1961: Person Water Skiing On A Lake While Being Pulled By A Motorboat

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

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Person Water Skiing On A Lake While Being Pulled By A... — Clip Details

Vintage 1961 home movie footage from Michigan USA showing a person water skiing on a lake, pulled by a motorboat. The skier, wearing a bright red shirt and dark shorts, glides across the water while the boat creates a white wake. The scene is framed by a dark border, with visible film grain and slight motion blur typical of 8mm film. Lush green trees line the shoreline in the background, capturing a nostalgic summer recreation moment from the early 1960s.

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: 121078769

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 archive requests for early 1960s Michigan summer recreation, especially documentary or educational edits needing home-movie water-skiing footage.
Period detail: The 1961 metadata, 8mm look, motorboat tow, simple lake setting, and bright recreational clothing place the scene within mid-century American leisure footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family or amateur vantage point as a skier moves across open water behind a motorboat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier in a red top, a motorboat wake, gray-green lake water, wooded shoreline, film-frame borders, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, gate-edge darkness, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief recreation insert, lake-life cutaway, summer memory beat, or transition within a sequence about leisure and family outings.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational boating and water skiing on an inland-looking Michigan lake without identifying a specific lake, family, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Michigan home movie water skiing, 8mm lake recreation footage, vintage motorboat tow, and 1960s summer sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Michigan or 1961 lake scenes, then broader vintage boating, water sports, and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, a motorboat pulls a water skier in a red top across a lake bordered by trees. — A motorboat tows a water skier across the lake near a wooded shoreline.

A distant water skier in a red top crosses the lake in this 1961 Michigan 8mm home-movie frame. — The skier glides across open water with spray trailing behind.

The skier appears low over the water while crossing a Michigan lake in grainy 1961 home-movie footage. — A skier cuts across the water as spray marks the path behind them.

A water skier remains visible at a distance as wake trails across a wooded Michigan lake in 1961 8mm footage. — The skier continues across the lake with a long white wake behind.

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