Michigan USA-1961: Man Water Skiing on Single Ski Across Lake

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

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Man Water Skiing on Single Ski Across Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 1961 home movie footage from Michigan, USA, showing a man water skiing on a single ski across a large lake. The subject, wearing a bright orange shirt and white trunks, glides across the water, leaving a spray trail behind. The scene is captured through a dark frame border, characteristic of 8mm film, with visible grain and saturated colors. In the background, a tree-lined shore with scattered houses is visible under a clear sky. The clip captures a classic moment of summer recreation and retro Americana.

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: 121081038

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: Useful for requests needing 1960s Michigan home-movie footage of summer lake recreation, water skiing, or midcentury leisure for documentary inserts and period atmosphere.
Period detail: The bright swimwear, single water ski, lakeside homes, and 8mm color stock support a 1961 home-movie setting without identifying a specific lake or shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a family or vacation observer filming a water skier from shore or a nearby boat as he crosses the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone water skier, bright orange shirt, white trunks, single ski, lake spray, rippled water, wooded shoreline, and distant houses.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark gate edges that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, summer memory beat, or transition into a sequence about lakeside leisure in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational boating culture and warm-weather lake activity in Michigan, shown through personal home-movie coverage rather than staged or news footage.
Research note: A person is visible but facial identity is not clear; copyright, likeness, and any shoreline property considerations should be reviewed separately for intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, single-ski waterskier, summer home movie, and midcentury outdoor sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake or boating scenes, then other 1961 Michigan footage, then broader vintage water sports or summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a man in an orange shirt water skiing on a large lake, with trees and distant houses beyond the water. — A lone water skier crosses the lake, leaving a white spray trail near the wooded shore.

A man water skiing in 1961 Michigan appears small against a wide lake, with spray, shoreline trees, and lakeside houses in the distance. — The skier glides across the lake as spray rises behind him under a clear sky.

1961 Michigan home-movie view of a man on a single water ski moving toward the camera across a broad lake with a distant wooded bank. — The skier leans through the wake, creating a low band of spray across the water.

A 1961 Michigan lake recreation frame shows the distant water skier cutting across choppy water, with spray, trees, and small shoreline houses behind. — Spray rises beside the skier as he cuts across the lake near a wooded shoreline.

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