Michigan USA-1961: Person Water Skiing On A River With A Bridge Connecting Two

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

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Person Water Skiing On A River With A Bridge Connecting Two — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a person water skiing on a calm river in Michigan. The skier, wearing dark swimwear, glides across the water leaving a white wake, with a distant bridge and tree-lined shorelines visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a faded color palette typical of 1960s amateur footage. The shot is framed by the camera's dark border, capturing a nostalgic moment of summer recreation and personal enjoyment on the water.

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: 121078884

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: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational sequences about summer recreation, boating culture, or amateur water sports.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s leisure activity through faded 8mm color, soft focus, distant shoreline, and a small water skier rather than identifiable period objects.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a family or amateur camera watching a skier glide across calm water from a distance, emphasizing casual summer observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone water skier, pale river surface, white wake, distant wooded shoreline, hazy bridge-like structure, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure fluctuation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the feel of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for midcentury leisure, Michigan waterways, or recreational boating sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal recreation on a river in Michigan, with the skier and distant shore shown more clearly than any identifiable landmark or event.
Research note: A person is visible but not facially identifiable; likeness and location review may still be needed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Michigan water skiing home movie, 8mm river recreation footage, vintage water sports, and midcentury summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel summer or boating scenes, then other Michigan 1961 waterway footage, then broader vintage water skiing or river recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a distant person water skiing across a calm river with a hazy shoreline beyond. — A distant skier moves across the river, leaving a faint wake near the far shore.

Distant water skier on a Michigan river in 1961, framed by soft-focus 8mm film borders and muted water tones. — The skier continues across open water against a distant tree-lined shore.

1961 Michigan home-movie still of a person water skiing at distance on a calm river, with soft grain and faded color. — The skier appears lower in frame as the wake cuts across the quiet river surface.

Final 1961 Michigan frame showing a small water skier moving along a river, with a pale wake and wooded shore in the distance. — A small figure skis along the water as the wake trails across the frame.

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