Michigan USA-1961: Person 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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Person Water Skiing in Orange Life Vest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a person water skiing on a calm lake. The skier, wearing a bright orange life vest and a white cap, glides across the water, leaving a spray of white foam behind. The grainy, slightly blurred quality of the film captures the motion and energy of the moment, with a yellow tow rope visible in some frames. The scene is set on a sunny day, with green grass visible along the shoreline, evoking a nostalgic, classic American 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: 121079766

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary sequences needing American summer lake recreation, water-skiing activity, or home-movie leisure footage from Michigan.
Period detail: The 8mm look, swimwear, white cap, orange life vest, and tow rope may show early-1960s recreational boating culture without identifying a specific lake or event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged family-film perspective, watching a skier pass across the lake rather than presenting a formal sports demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier, orange life vest, white cap, dark water skis, yellow tow rope, lake spray, wooded shoreline, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, motion blur, visible grain, and handheld framing give the clip the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film during fast movement on water.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer-memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition between boating, lake vacation, and family leisure scenes.
Historical context: The clip reflects mid-century outdoor leisure as seen in home movies, with water skiing on a calm lake and shoreline greenery in the background.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before sensitive or commercial use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage home movie lake recreation, orange life vest skier, and 1960s summer boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan or 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s water sports and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame of a water skier in an orange life vest and white cap gliding across a lake. — A water skier passes through the frame, leaving a spray of water behind.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a skier on dark water skis with a yellow tow rope visible over the lake. — The skier leans forward as the tow rope leads across the water.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a water skier crossing the lake with trees visible along the shore. — The skier moves past the camera with shoreline greenery in the background.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame with a motion-blurred skier in an orange life vest crossing the lake on water skis. — Motion blur emphasizes the skier’s speed across the water.

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