Michigan USA-1961: Boat Pulling Woman Skiing On Lake

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

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Boat Pulling Woman Skiing On Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a woman water skiing on a lake in Michigan. A motorboat pulls her across the water, creating a white wake as she glides on the surface. The skier wears a light-colored swimsuit and a life vest, while the boat carries several passengers. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of old film, with visible grain and color fading. Lush green trees line the distant shore under a bright sky, capturing a classic summer recreational 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: 121080371

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 recreational life requests needing Michigan lake boating, water skiing, or summer vacation home-movie material.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1960s leisure details through the small motorboat, water ski setup, swimsuits, life vest, and 8mm color home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family or vacation perspective as a boat pulls a woman water skiing across a wooded lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorboat with passengers, a woman water skiing, white wake, open lake water, wooded shoreline, dark frame borders, and soft 8mm grain.
Film character: The scan has a home-movie 8mm texture with visible grain, dark gate borders, mild color fading, soft focus, and slight exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, memory beat, or transition within lake vacation and leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational boating culture through a casual lake outing, without identifying a specific shoreline, event, or family.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, brands, music, or private property are apparent from the frames.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake boating home movie, woman water skier, and 1960s summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s boating, vacation, and water sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a woman water skiing behind a small motorboat on a wooded lake. — A woman water skis behind a motorboat, leaving a white wake across the lake.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a distant woman water skier following a motorboat across a lake. — The skier continues behind the boat as spray rises from the tow path.

1961 Michigan 8mm still with a motorboat and woman water skier moving across a wooded lake scene. — The boat and skier move across the frame with the shoreline in the background.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a distant boat towing a woman water skier through lake spray. — The skier appears farther from the camera as the wake spreads across the water.

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