Michigan USA-1961: Smiling Woman Floating In Orange Life Vest Followed By Boy

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

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Smiling Woman Floating In Orange Life Vest Followed By Boy — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a joyful woman smiling while floating in water wearing a bright orange life vest. The grainy, color-graded film shows her splashing and laughing in the lake, followed by a young boy also enjoying the water. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel with natural lighting and slight camera shake, typical of amateur 8mm recordings from the early 1960s. The scene evokes summer vacation memories and classic Americana.

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: 121080983

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 Midwest lake recreation requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of swimming, life vests, and family vacation activity.
Period detail: The orange flotation vest, small motorboat, and amateur color 8mm look may show early 1960s recreational lake safety and vacation filming in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The footage captures unstaged summer behavior as a smiling woman laughs, splashes, floats, and is followed by a water-skiing figure behind a boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, an orange life vest, a smiling woman, splashing arms, a small boat, a tow rope area, and a distant skier.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief vacation-memory insert, lake recreation cutaway, or transition between family leisure and water-sports sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal midcentury leisure filming, with family or vacation activity recorded from shore or boat level without staged performance.
Research note: People are visible, including a recognizable adult face, so copyright, likeness, and any contextual releases should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1961 Michigan 8mm lake swimming, woman in orange life vest, vintage home movie water skiing, and 1960s family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1961 lake scenes, then broader 1960s swimming, boating, and summer vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, a smiling woman floats in lake water wearing a bright orange life vest. — A woman smiles toward the camera while floating in the lake with an orange life vest.

The woman laughs in the water with one arm raised, framed by the soft color and grain of 1961 Michigan 8mm footage. — The swimmer laughs and splashes while floating in the water.

A side view shows the woman turning in the lake while the orange life vest stays prominent in the 8mm frame. — Side profile of the woman floating and turning in the lake.

A distant skier follows a small boat across the lake in 1961 Michigan home-movie footage, with spray visible behind them. — A distant skier trails a small boat across the lake, leaving a spray of water.

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