Michigan USA-1961: Woman Water Skiing on Lake

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

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Woman Water Skiing on Lake — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1961 showing a woman water skiing on a lake in Michigan. She wears a dark one-piece swimsuit and a light-colored swim cap, holding a tow rope as she glides across the water, creating a white wake. The footage has a classic Super 8 aesthetic with natural film grain, slight color fading, and a dark border framing the scene. The background features a tree-lined shore under bright daylight, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century recreation.

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: 121080165

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: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage suited to archival requests for mid-century lake recreation, water skiing, leisure travel, and outdoor family-era inserts.
Period detail: The dark one-piece swimsuit, swim cap, tow rope, small water skis, and 8mm color home-movie look support an early-1960s recreational lake scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged spectator view of a woman balancing behind a boat, leaning against the tow rope as she crosses rippled lake water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman water skiing, tow rope, twin skis, white spray, rippled lake surface, dark film borders, and a tree-lined shoreline.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, daylight exposure shifts, and a contact-print style dark frame edge that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreational cutaway, summer transition, or memory beat within sequences about lakes, vacations, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents private outdoor recreation on a Michigan lake in 1961, showing water skiing as a visible leisure activity within home-movie culture.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, location, and any underlying home-movie permissions should be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Michigan lake water skiing, 8mm home movie woman water skier, 1960s summer recreation, and vintage lake sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Michigan or 1961 lake material, then broader 1960s summer recreation and water-sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a woman in a dark swimsuit and light swim cap water skiing across a tree-lined lake. — A woman glides behind a boat on water skis, leaving a pale wake across the lake.

The woman water skier appears farther across the Michigan lake, leaning against the tow rope with spray trailing behind her skis. — The skier leans back into the pull as water spray spreads behind the skis.

A soft 8mm frame shows the woman water skiing through bright spray, with the wooded shoreline blurred behind her. — The skier cuts through a patch of spray while staying upright on twin skis.

The woman in a dark swimsuit and light swim cap continues water skiing on the Michigan lake, framed by grainy 8mm borders. — The skier rides upright over calmer water as the tow rope leads out of frame.

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