Michigan USA-1961: Woman Practicing Water Skiing

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

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Woman Practicing Water Skiing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1961 captures a woman practicing water skiing on a calm lake. She wears a bright orange life vest over a swimsuit, gripping a tow rope as she glides across the water, creating a spray. The clip shows her losing balance and falling into the water with a joyful laugh, showcasing authentic 1960s recreational fun. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of personal summer vacation recordings.

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: 121080966

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: Useful for 1960s American home-movie requests needing short recreational lake footage, water-ski practice, or candid summer leisure inserts.
Period detail: The swimsuit, bright life vest, tow rope, and small-lake setting may show early 1960s family recreation consistent with the supplied 1961 Michigan metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged moment as the woman practices, loses balance, and surfaces smiling after falling into the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in an orange life vest, water skis, tow rope, lake surface, shoreline trees, water spray, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief summer recreation insert, a water-sports cutaway, or a memory beat within a family vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects private leisure on an inland lake, showing recreational water skiing as a casual family activity rather than organized sport.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or private property in these frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Michigan home movie water skiing, 1960s lake recreation footage, woman learning to water ski, and vintage 8mm summer vacation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Michigan lake footage, then broader 1960s boating, swimming, and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, a woman in an orange life vest skis across a lake while holding a tow rope. — The woman practices water skiing across the lake as spray trails behind her.

The woman appears to lose balance on water skis during the lake outing, with one ski lifting and water spray around her. — A close view shows the skier beginning to fall while still near the tow rope.

The home-movie frame shows the woman close to the camera as she falls or regains balance in the water while wearing an orange life vest. — The skier slips out of balance in a candid close-up moment.

After the fall, the woman smiles from the lake water in the supplied 1961 Michigan recreational home-movie footage. — The woman surfaces smiling in the lake after the water-ski attempt.

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