Michigan USA-1961: Man Water Skiing in Life Vest

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

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Man Water Skiing in Life Vest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a man water skiing on a lake in Michigan. The man, wearing swim trunks and a red life vest, maintains a balanced stance while being pulled by a boat, creating a spray of water. The clip captures the action from multiple angles, including close-ups and wider shots showing the boat in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer vacation atmosphere. The scene is set on a calm lake surrounded by trees, with natural daylight illuminating the water.

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: 121079451

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s recreational lake and summer vacation requests needing authentic Michigan home-movie water skiing footage.
Period detail: The swim trunks, red life vest, small motorboat tow, and 8mm color look may show early 1960s leisure activity on an inland lake.
Home-movie behavior: The footage records an unstaged recreational moment as a skier balances, turns, and throws spray while someone films from shore or another nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water skier, red life vest, tow rope, water spray, calm lake surface, wooded shoreline, and a small towing boat.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that gives the action a home-movie feel.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief action insert, summer memory beat, recreational cutaway, or transition within lake vacation or midcentury leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects family or vacation leisure around boating and water sports without identifying the people, lake, or boat beyond the supplied Michigan metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, children, private property, or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Michigan lake water skiing, 8mm home movie boat tow, 1960s summer recreation, and vintage watersports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake scenes, then broader 1960s boating, swimming, and summer vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a man in swim trunks and a red life vest water skiing on a calm lake. — A water skier leans forward while being towed across the lake, with spray rising around the ski.

Wide 1961 Michigan lake view with a water skier trailing a tow line and leaving a spray wake. — The skier moves away from the camera, leaving a pale spray trail across the lake.

Soft 8mm frame from 1961 Michigan showing a water skier in motion with spray on a tree-lined lake. — Motion blur and spray emphasize the skier's speed across the open water.

Wide 1961 Michigan 8mm view of a water skier being towed behind a small boat on a wooded lake. — The towing boat appears at right as the skier crosses the frame and throws up water spray.

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