Michigan USA-1961: Person Practicing Water Skiing

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

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Person Practicing Water Skiing — Clip Details

Vintage 1961 home movie footage from Michigan USA shows a person water skiing on a calm lake. A motorboat pulls the skier across the water, leaving a white wake behind. The skier, wearing light-colored swim trunks, maintains balance on the skis while gliding over the blue water. The scene is framed by a dark border, characteristic of 8mm film, with visible grain and color fading. Lush green trees line the distant shore under a bright sky, capturing a classic summer recreation moment from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121080014

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or commercial edits needing Michigan summer recreation, amateur water skiing, or lakeside leisure from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, swimwear, small motorboat, and wooded lake setting support an early-1960s home-movie recreation scene in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged family or vacation viewpoint as a skier practices balance while being pulled across a calm lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorboat, tow line wake, water skier, spray, rippled lake surface, wooded shoreline, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer-memory insert, recreation cutaway, period transition, or visual beat for mid-century lake life.
Historical context: The clip reflects ordinary outdoor leisure and motorboat-assisted water skiing on a wooded Michigan lake without identifying a specific event or landmark.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may still apply; no brands or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Michigan lake water skiing, 8mm home movie motorboat recreation, or 1960s summer vacation footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake scenes, then broader 1960s boating, swimming, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a small motorboat pulling across blue lake water near trees on the far shore. — A small motorboat moves across the lake, leaving a bright wake behind it.

A distant water skier glides across a Michigan lake in 1961 home-movie footage, with tow spray and wooded shore visible. — The skier appears at distance behind the boat, trailing spray across the water.

1961 Michigan lake footage shows a water skier practicing at distance, framed by 8mm borders and shoreline trees. — The skier continues across the lake, balancing behind the unseen tow boat.

A distant skier leans while moving over a wake on a wooded Michigan lake in 1961 8mm home-movie footage. — The skier leans through the wake as spray spreads across the lake surface.

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