Michigan USA-1961: Person Water Skiing on Lake

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

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Person Water Skiing on Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961, showing a person water skiing across a calm lake. The clip, viewed through a window frame, captures the skier gliding across the water with a forested shoreline in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches are characteristic of 1960s amateur Super 8 footage. The scene evokes a nostalgic, summertime recreational atmosphere, with the skier creating a small wake as they move across the water. The final frame shows a splash, suggesting a fall or sharp turn. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical recreations of mid-century American leisure.

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: 121080070

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: 1960s Michigan 8mm lake recreation footage for edits needing mid-century American leisure, summer activity, or water-skiing cutaways.
Period detail: The small-format color film, distant towboat activity, and lakeside recreation may show early-1960s vacation or weekend leisure in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie perspective, watching a water skier through a dark window frame as the action crosses the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, a distant skier, spray, shoreline trees, pale sky, dark window mullions, and soft film-edge shadows.
Film character: The clip has muted color, visible grain, slight softness, exposure variation, and minor scratches consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition into a sequence about summer leisure or lake vacations.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational water skiing as a family-filmed lake activity, without identifying the people, boat, or exact lake from the frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation home movie, 1960s American summer leisure, and skier falling on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Michigan 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s home movies of boating, swimming, vacations, and outdoor recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

A distant water skier crosses a calm Michigan lake in 1961, framed by dark window mullions and a wooded shoreline. — A water skier moves across the lake beyond a dark window frame.

The lake view is largely framed by dark mullions, with pale sky, distant trees, and water visible through the openings. — A window frame divides the lake and distant shoreline into narrow views.

A soft, partially obstructed lake view shows water, distant shoreline, and the dark edge of a window frame in 1961 Michigan footage. — The home-movie camera catches a partial view of the lake through the window.

A distant skier appears to hit the water or turn sharply, throwing up spray on a Michigan lake in 1961. — Spray rises as the skier falls or turns sharply on the lake.

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