Michigan USA-1961: Man Water-Skiing on Calm Lake

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

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Man Water-Skiing on Calm Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a man water skiing across a calm lake in Michigan. The skier, wearing a dark swimsuit, glides smoothly on a single ski, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is framed by a dark border, typical of old film projectors, with a backdrop of dense green trees and a sandy shoreline. The image has a nostalgic, grainy quality with slightly faded colors, capturing a classic summer recreational moment from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121080782

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational edits about lake recreation, water skiing, summer cottages, and family leisure culture.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s vacation recreation through a single-ski water skier, modest swimwear, small-lake setting, sandy shore, and dense wooded backdrop.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a casual shoreline or boat-side view of a skier passing across the frame during ordinary summer recreation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man water skiing, calm lake water, white spray wake, wooded shoreline, sandy bank, dark frame edges, and soft 8mm color.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and dark projector-like frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short recreational insert, summer memory beat, transition between lake scenes, or cutaway for midcentury outdoor leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational water skiing on an inland Michigan lake without identifying a specific person, cottage, lake, or local event from the frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, location, and any underlying property context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Michigan lake water skiing, vintage 8mm summer recreation, home movie watersports, and man skiing near wooded shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake or cottage footage, then broader vintage watersport and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a man on a single water ski moving across calm lake water near a tree-lined shore. — A water skier crosses the lake, leaving a low trail of spray behind him.

1961 Michigan frame showing a distant man water skiing on a calm lake, framed by dark film borders and wooded shore. — The skier continues across the lake with a narrow wake spreading behind him.

1961 Michigan home-movie still of a man water skiing through a larger spray cloud on an inland lake. — Spray rises around the skier as he passes along the wooded shoreline.

1961 Michigan frame of a man water skiing low across the water with wooded shoreline and sandy bank in the background. — The skier leans forward as the single ski cuts through the lake water.

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