Michigan USA-1961: Woman Swimming While Boat Passes

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

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Woman Swimming While Boat Passes — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961, showing a serene lakeside scene with a sandy shore and calm water. A woman wearing a swim cap emerges from the water, her face partially visible as she swims. In the background, a boat speeds across the lake, leaving a white wake. The footage captures the nostalgic atmosphere of a summer day, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain and color palette of 1960s home movies. The scene is framed by the dark edges of the film, enhancing its authentic archival feel.

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: 121079981

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Michigan lake recreation requests needing authentic home-movie views of swimming, boating, shoreline, and summer leisure.
Period detail: The 8mm color palette, swim cap, small motorboat, and casual lake activity support an early-1960s home-movie setting without identifying a specific lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-film value, shifting from distant boat activity near a sandy shore to a close view of a woman swimming toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, pale sandy shoreline, a small motorboat with riders, wake on the surface, a woman in a swim cap, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and the contact-frame borders give the footage a physical 8mm texture typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer recreation insert, lake-life cutaway, memory beat, or transition between boating and swimming sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows midcentury leisure at a Michigan lake, with swimming and motorboating presented as casual family or vacation activity.
Research note: People are visible, including a recognizable swimmer, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any location-use assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm lake footage, vintage home movie swimming, woman swim cap, small boat on lake, and 1960s summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1961 lake material, then broader 1960s swimming, boating, beach, and family-vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a small boat with riders moving across lake water near a sandy shore. — A small motorboat passes near the sandy edge of the lake.

1961 Michigan lake view with pale sand, rippled water, and dark 8mm frame edges, with no clear person in this still. — The camera holds on a quiet stretch of sand and lake water.

1961 Michigan home-movie shoreline frame showing calm lake water meeting a pale sandy beach. — A quiet shoreline moment separates the boating and swimming views.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a woman wearing a swim cap swimming close to the camera in lake water. — A woman in a swim cap swims toward the camera.

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