Michigan USA-1961: Man Water Skiing on Lake near Shore

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

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Man Water Skiing on Lake near Shore — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a man water skiing on a lake in Michigan. The skier, wearing dark swim trunks, glides across the blue water, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is framed by a dark border, suggesting viewing through a window or projector. A tree-lined lakeshore with green foliage and sandy banks is visible in the background. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color saturation of 1960s amateur footage, capturing a nostalgic moment of summer recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121079616

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing summer lake recreation and water-skiing leisure scenes.
Period detail: The 8mm look, dark swim trunks, open lake setting, and tree-lined sandy shore support a 1961 Midwestern vacation or lakeside recreation context.
Home-movie behavior: A home-movie camera watches an adult man water-ski across the lake, emphasizing informal family recreation rather than staged athletic coverage.
What appears in frame: The frames show a male water skier, blue lake water, white spray, a trailing wake, dark frame borders, and a wooded lakeshore with sandy banks.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated summer color, slight exposure variation, and framed contact-sheet edges typical of amateur film scans.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief recreation insert, summer transition, family-memory beat, or cutaway for lake tourism and midcentury leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational motorboating culture visible in home movies, with water skiing shown as a casual lakeside pastime in Michigan.
Research note: An adult person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, home movie summer sports, and man skiing behind boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Michigan 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s home-movie boating, beaches, and summer recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of an adult man water-skiing across blue lake water near a tree-lined sandy shore. — A distant water skier crosses the lake, leaving a narrow white wake below the wooded shoreline.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a man water-skiing at a distance across a lake near the wooded shoreline. — The skier continues across open water, throwing spray as the shoreline passes behind him.

1961 Michigan 8mm still of an adult man leaning on water skis over blue lake water near a wooded bank. — The skier leans through the turn, with spray and wake trailing across the lake.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a distant adult water skier crossing the lake with a broad white spray plume. — A broad burst of spray follows the skier as he moves across the lake near the far shore.

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