Michigan USA-1961: Man Water Skiing with Rope and Life Vest

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

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Man Water Skiing with Rope and Life Vest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a man water skiing on a calm lake. The shirtless man, wearing swim trunks and a red life vest, glides across the water on a single ski, holding a yellow tow rope with a red handle. He maintains a steady stance, creating a white spray behind him as he skis past a tree-lined shore. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky handheld camera perspective, offering authentic 1960s recreational nostalgia.

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: 121079432

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Michigan home-movie lake recreation footage for documentary, museum, education or commercial edits needing period water-skiing leisure material.
Period detail: The clip shows 8mm-era recreational clothing, a life vest, tow rope and single water ski, with a wooded lakeshore that supports the supplied 1961 Michigan context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged family or spectator viewpoint of an adult skier holding position as the handheld camera follows his pass across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult male water skier, red life vest, swim trunks, yellow tow rope, single ski, white spray, calm lake water and tree-lined shore.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure and handheld framing that give the scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, summer transition or memory beat within sequences about leisure, lakes or family travel.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational lake activity in the United States without identifying the participants, vessel, lake or exact shoreline.
Research note: An adult face and likeness are visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from any needed likeness or contextual clearance review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, home movie water skier and 1960s summer sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake scenes, then broader 1960s water sports or family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of an adult man water skiing on a calm lake near a wooded shore. — An adult skier rides across the lake while holding a tow rope, with spray trailing behind.

Adult man in a red life vest skis across a Michigan lake in 1961 home-movie footage. — The skier keeps balance as the tow rope pulls him across calm water.

Closer 1961 Michigan frame of an adult water skier leaning forward while holding a yellow tow rope. — A closer angle shows the skier gripping the rope as spray breaks beside the ski.

Adult water skier passes close in 1961 Michigan 8mm footage, holding a yellow tow rope over calm lake water. — The skier passes nearer to the camera, with the tow rope stretched ahead and spray underfoot.

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