Michigan USA-1961: Man Water Skiing Across A Lake

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

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Man Water Skiing Across A Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a man water skiing across a calm lake in Michigan. The clip, viewed through a film frame border, captures the skier in a red lifejacket and swim trunks being pulled by a motorboat, with two passengers visible. The scene unfolds under a bright, sunny sky with a dense forested shoreline in the background. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer recreation moment.

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: 121078828

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 1960s Michigan leisure footage, lake recreation, amateur water-skiing, or summer home-movie material for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century recreational boating and water-skiing on a wooded lake, with period cues limited to the 8mm color stock, swimwear, small motorboat, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family or vacation viewpoint as a skier is filmed from shore or another boat while a motorboat circles across calm lake water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier in a red lifejacket, a tow rope, a small motorboat with two occupants, lake wake, still water, wooded shoreline, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, dust specks, and the contact-print frame border give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture consistent with early 1960s amateur filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreational cutaway, summer memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of lakeside vacations and outdoor sport.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal lake recreation in Michigan, showing boating and water-skiing as a visible part of family or vacation leisure without identifying the people or exact lake.
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 from identity or location review.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Michigan lake water skiing, vintage 8mm boating, home movie water skier, motorboat tow rope, and summer recreation footage would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake or vacation scenes, then other 1961 Michigan outdoor footage, then broader 1960s boating, water-skiing, and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a wooded lakeshore, calm lake water, and a distant person near the shoreline. — A distant shoreline figure appears across the lake beneath dense trees.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame with a water skier being towed behind a small motorboat carrying two visible occupants. — A skier follows the tow line as the motorboat moves across the lake.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a red-vested water skier behind a motorboat on a wooded lake. — The skier crosses the boat wake while two people ride in the bow area.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a water skier in a red lifejacket crossing calm lake water with a wooded shoreline beyond. — The skier rides through the wake with trees lining the far shore.

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