Michigan USA-1961: Woman Water Skiing in Orange Life Vest

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

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Woman Water Skiing in Orange Life Vest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a woman water skiing on a sunny day. She wears a bright orange life vest and a white swim cap while gripping a yellow tow rope, gliding across the lake with water spraying behind her. The grainy, slightly blurry image captures the authentic feel of a classic summer vacation, with lush green trees lining the shoreline. This nostalgic clip showcases mid-century recreational sports and the carefree spirit of 1960s Americana.

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: 121079729

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 archival requests for early 1960s U.S. summer recreation, lake vacations, amateur water sports, and mid-century home-movie leisure scenes.
Period detail: The orange life vest, white swim cap, tow rope, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show early 1960s recreational water skiing culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-vacation feel, with the camera observing a woman balancing, gliding, and briefly falling while water skiing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman skier, orange life vest, white swim cap, yellow tow rope, paired water skis, lake surface, spray, and wooded shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the footage a tactile 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short insert, summer memory beat, recreational-sports cutaway, or transition within a family vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century outdoor leisure and informal vacation filming without documenting a specific public event or named location beyond Michigan metadata.
Research note: A visible adult person may require likeness review, while copyright and privacy clearance should be assessed separately from the absence of visible logos or private property.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1960s Michigan home movie water skiing, woman in orange life vest on lake, vintage 8mm summer vacation, and amateur water sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel material, then other Michigan 1961 lake scenes, then broader 1960s vacation, boating, swimming, and water-skiing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Michigan 1961 home-movie footage, a woman in an orange life vest and white swim cap skis across a lake behind a yellow rope. — A woman balances on water skis as spray trails behind her on the lake.

A woman in an orange life vest holds a yellow tow rope while water skiing on a Michigan lake in 1961 home-movie footage. — The skier rides forward with the tow rope centered in the frame.

The woman in the orange life vest appears to fall sideways while water skiing, sending spray across the Michigan lake surface. — The skier loses balance and splashes into the water while still near the tow rope.

A woman in an orange life vest stands upright on water skis, holding a yellow tow rope on a Michigan lake in 1961 footage. — The skier steadies herself upright on the water with the rope angled toward the camera.

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