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 captures a man water skiing on a lake. The grainy, low-light footage shows the skier in silhouette, gliding across the water and creating white spray, viewed through a dark frame border. The scene transitions from stable skiing to a fall, with the skier disappearing into the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with muted colors, natural film grain, and a nostalgic, candid feel, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 121080651

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: Supports requests for early 1960s Michigan leisure footage, especially documentary or editorial sequences about lake recreation, summer travel, and amateur water skiing.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1960s lake recreation, with era suggested mainly by the 8mm home-movie format, muted color, soft focus, and informal framing rather than visible fashions or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged family or visitor recording, following a skier at a distance as they ride, spray water, and eventually fall from view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted water skier, lake surface, white spray, distant shoreline, dark film-frame borders, and a small head above the water after the fall.
Film character: The scan carries dense grain, low exposure, soft contrast, muted blue-gray color, and visible frame edges that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreational cutaway, transition into summer memory, or visual beat showing motion followed by a fall into the lake.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual lake recreation in Michigan, showing water skiing as an amateur leisure activity without identifiable landmarks or public event context.
Research note: A person is visible in silhouette, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, private property, or music are evident from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Michigan lake water skiing, vintage 8mm summer recreation, silhouetted water skier, and home movie boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Michigan 1961 lake scenes, and finally with broader vintage water-sport or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a silhouetted person water skiing across a lake, with white spray and dark frame borders. — A silhouetted skier rides across the lake, throwing up spray in the low-light frame.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame with a distant silhouetted water skier moving across the lake inside a dark 8mm frame edge. — The skier continues across the water, framed by heavy black borders and muted lake tones.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing the water skier losing balance or falling, with a broad spray trail across the lake. — The skier appears to fall or slide into the water, leaving a long band of spray.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame with the skier mostly submerged, only a small head visible above the lake surface after the fall. — After the fall, the skier is visible as a small head above the water.

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