Michigan USA-1961: Person Water Skiing On A Lake, Slicing Through The Water

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

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Person Water Skiing On A Lake, Slicing Through The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a person water skiing on a lake in Michigan. The skier, wearing a dark swimsuit, cuts through the water at speed, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is viewed through a dark frame, suggesting a window or doorway, with a tree-lined shore in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic moment of summer recreation. The skier maintains balance while being pulled across the water, showcasing a classic 1960s leisure activity.

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: 121081016

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: Useful for 1960s U.S. recreation requests needing concise home-movie footage of water skiing on a lake in Michigan.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s leisure style through the 8mm color stock, swimsuit, motorboat-towed water skiing, and wooded lakeshore setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged family or vacation view of a skier crossing the lake at speed while the camera watches from behind a dark foreground frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier, tow rope, white spray, rippled lake surface, wooded shoreline, sandy bank, and dark window-like framing.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated summer color, slight exposure variation, and a contact-sheet feel from the dark frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer recreation insert, a leisure transition, or a memory beat for postwar lake vacations and outdoor sport.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational water skiing as a visible midcentury lake activity without identifying the skier, boat, exact lake, or shoreline property.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or location rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Michigan lake water skiing, 8mm home movie summer recreation, vintage watersports footage, and wooded lakeshore vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1961 lake scenes, then broader 1960s summer recreation and water sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan 8mm footage shows a distant water skier skimming across a lake with trees along the far shore. — A water skier moves across the lake, leaving spray behind near the wooded shoreline.

A distant skier in dark swimwear is pulled across a Michigan lake, with spray trailing over the rippled water. — The skier cuts across the water as the tow rope leads out of frame.

The 8mm frame shows the skier leaning against the pull of the rope, with white spray and a wooded bank behind. — A skier balances on the water as spray spreads behind them.

A distant water skier crosses the lake in front of a sandy bank and dense trees, leaving a bright trail of spray. — The skier passes the tree-lined shore with a long wake behind.

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