Michigan USA-1961: Old Man Waterskiing in Red Plaid Trunks

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Old Man Waterskiing in Red Plaid Trunks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a man waterskiing on a lake in Michigan. The man, wearing red plaid swim trunks and no life jacket, glides across the water while holding a tow rope, captured with classic Super 8 film grain and motion blur. The footage shows him in various stages of the activity, from starting to balance to skiing at speed, with a natural, unscripted feel. The scene evokes mid-century American leisure and retro nostalgia, with authentic 1960s color tones and film characteristics.

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: 121078868

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s American leisure, lake recreation, waterskiing, and home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The red plaid swim trunks, no visible life jacket, tow rope, and soft color home-movie texture support a mid-century lakeside recreation setting consistent with 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film view of an older man balancing and skiing across open water during casual summer recreation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless skier, red plaid trunks, tow rope, water spray, lake surface, dark film frame borders, and distant wake.
Film character: The footage has soft Super 8 grain, muted color, handheld framing, motion blur, and contact-sheet gate edges that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within sequences about summer holidays, family films, or mid-century lake culture.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday American outdoor leisure as captured in a private home-movie style, without visible landmarks or public-event identifiers.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even where copyright licensing is available; no logos, minors, or private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1961 Michigan home movie waterskiing, Super 8 lake recreation, older man skiing, and vintage American summer holiday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then Michigan 1961 family footage, then broader 1960s boating, swimming, and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a shirtless older man in red plaid trunks leaning into a waterski start on lake water. — A man in red plaid swim trunks leans forward while preparing to waterski.

1961 Michigan lake footage shows the skier moving away across the water, with wake and spray around his skis. — The skier moves away across the lake as spray trails behind him.

A distant 1961 Michigan home-movie frame shows the man balancing on waterskis over a low wake. — The skier balances farther from the camera on the open lake.

The older man in red trunks leans through a turn on waterskis, framed by lake spray and Super 8 gate edges. — The man leans across the wake with both skis visible near the water surface.

Visually Similar Clips