Michigan USA-1961: A Woman Riding A Jet Ski On A Lake At Sunset

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

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A Woman Riding A Jet Ski On A Lake At Sunset — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a woman enjoying a summer day on a lake. The grainy, warm-toned film shows her in the water, splashing and riding a jet ski, with the golden light of late afternoon reflecting on the water's surface. The footage has a nostalgic, candid quality, with the frame edges visible, evoking a personal memory of 1960s recreation and leisure. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era.

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: 121080825

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 1960s U.S. home-movie requests for summer lake recreation, watersports, and candid leisure inserts in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm frame edges, warm color shift, and bathing-suit lake activity fit the supplied 1961 Michigan home-movie metadata without adding identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film view of people swimming and riding on open water, filmed from a casual shoreline or boat-side perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers in lake water, a distant personal watercraft rider, small waves, sunset-tinted exposure, black film borders, and sprocket-area color flare.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, color fading, and exposed frame edges that read as authentic 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, recreation cutaway, lake-life transition, or visual bridge for midcentury American summer leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational lake activity in Michigan as represented in a private 1961 home movie, with emphasis on swimming and motorized water play rather than public events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Michigan 8mm lake recreation, vintage home movie watersports, woman riding jet ski on lake, and 1960s summer swimming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake footage, then broader 1960s U.S. recreation and watersports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm home-movie frame showing two distant swimmers in open lake water with dark frame edges visible. — Two swimmers move through lake water in a soft, grainy home-movie frame.

Warm orange 8mm exposure area from the 1961 Michigan home movie, with dark vertical frame edge and film texture visible. — A warm flare and frame edge mark a transitional 8mm exposure moment.

Close view of 8mm film texture from the 1961 Michigan reel, showing dust, scratches, and a horizontal frame boundary. — Dust, scratches, and a frame line emphasize the physical film source.

1961 Michigan 8mm home-movie frame showing a distant person riding a personal watercraft across a lake in warm light. — A distant rider crosses the lake surface in warm, faded 8mm color.

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