Michigan USA-1961: One Man Alone In A Body Of Water Floating With Red Surfboard

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

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One Man Alone In A Body Of Water Floating With Red Surfboard — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 shows a man floating alone in calm water, holding a bright red surfboard. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus capture the authentic look of mid-century amateur film. The man, shirtless and wearing dark swim trunks, appears relaxed as he drifts, with the red board partially submerged. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic summer day, with the film's natural imperfections adding to its historical charm. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into personal leisure from the early 1960s, ideal for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121078969

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 to archive requests for solitary summer recreation, swimming, and amateur water leisure inserts.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, simple swimwear, and bright red board may show early 1960s personal leisure rather than an organized beach or surf event.
Home-movie behavior: The man floats and turns casually in calm water, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of a quiet recreational moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless adult man, calm open water, a bright red surfboard or float board, soft ripples, distant framing, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip carries faded color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print borders typical of scanned amateur 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, summer memory beat, recreation insert, or quiet transition within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents private outdoor leisure in a lakeside or open-water setting, with no visible landmarks or public event context in the sampled frames.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm swimming, man with red surfboard, vintage home movie water recreation, and 1960s summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan water scenes, then broader 1960s swimming, lake, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, a shirtless man floats in calm water near a partially submerged red board. — A man faces the camera while floating beside a red board in calm water.

The man turns in the water near an upright red surfboard or float board in the 1961 Michigan home-movie scene. — The red board rises from the water as the man looks to one side.

The man drifts in profile with the red board partly out of the water.

The final frame shows the man farther from the camera in open water, with board tips or submerged gear visible nearby. — The man floats at a distance with small dark board shapes breaking the water surface.

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