Michigan USA-1961: Woman Water Skiing Behind A Boat In Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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Woman Water Skiing Behind A Boat In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a woman water skiing on a lake in Michigan. She wears a white swim cap and a dark one-piece swimsuit, maintaining an upright stance while being pulled by a boat. The clip captures her gliding across the water, creating a white wake, with a tree-lined shore visible in the background. The image has the characteristic grain, color fading, and dark borders of a 8mm or Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer vacation atmosphere.

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: 121080142

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 recreation, summer vacation, Michigan lake, or vintage water-sports sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The swim cap, one-piece swimsuit, tow line, and small-lake setting support a 1961 recreational water-skiing scene, with period clues visible in clothing and film texture.
Home-movie behavior: The skier is filmed from shore or another stable vantage point as she concentrates on staying upright while crossing the lake behind an unseen boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman water skiing, a white swim cap, dark swimsuit, tow rope, spray wake, lake surface, tree-lined shore, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and dark rounded borders that preserve the character of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within a sequence about vacations, lakes, family leisure, or water sports.
Historical context: The clip shows mid-century leisure activity on a Michigan lake, reflecting recreational boating and water-skiing as a family or vacation pastime without identifying participants.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review; copyright, location, and any personal releases should be checked separately before commercial use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, woman water skier home movie, vintage lake recreation, and 1960s summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1961 lake material, then broader vintage boating, swimming, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a woman in a swim cap water skiing upright across a lake with a tree-lined shore behind her. — A woman water skis upright across the lake, leaving a white trail of spray.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a woman water skier leaning slightly as she follows a tow rope across open lake water. — The skier leans into the tow line while moving across the lake.

1961 Michigan 8mm still showing a woman in a dark swimsuit and white cap water skiing past rippled lake water and distant trees. — The skier continues across rippled water with the shoreline in the background.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a woman water skiing across the lake, with a bright wake and dark tree line behind her. — The skier glides across the frame with a long wake trailing behind.

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