Michigan USA-1961: Tanned Man Wearing White Shorts Water-Skiing With Trees In Background

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

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Tanned Man Wearing White Shorts Water-Skiing With Trees... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a tanned man water-skiing on a calm lake. The shirtless man, wearing white shorts, glides across the water, leaving a spray of white foam behind. The scene is framed by a dark border, characteristic of old film, with a tree-lined shore and distant houses visible in the background under a clear sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slightly faded colors, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer vacation feel. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 121081050

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: 1961 Michigan 8mm lake recreation footage for productions needing mid-century American summer leisure, water-skiing, or vacation memory material.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s recreational boating culture through the water skis, white swim shorts, tree-lined lake setting, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: A shirtless adult man water-skis toward the camera in an unstaged family-film view, with spray and distance changes carrying the home-movie immediacy.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water-skier, white shorts, lake water, foamy spray, distant wooded shoreline, scattered lakeside houses, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slightly faded color, gate edges, and exposure shifts that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, vacation memory beat, or transition into 1960s lake and watersports sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents casual lake leisure in Michigan, with a lone adult skier and shoreline homes suggesting private or family vacation recreation.
Research note: An identifiable adult face appears in some frames, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and location assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake vacation footage, 1960s home movie watersports, and shirtless man skiing on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then Michigan 1961 summer footage, then broader 1960s vacation, boating, and watersports material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a shirtless man in white shorts water-skiing across a lake near a wooded shore. — A water-skier crosses the lake at a distance, leaving a low spray behind him.

1961 Michigan 8mm frame showing a tanned adult man water-skiing on a lake, framed by dark film edges. — The skier continues across the lake as spray trails behind the skis.

Closer 1961 Michigan lake frame with an adult man in white shorts water-skiing through choppy spray. — The skier moves nearer to camera, cutting across the lake with spray rising at his side.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame of a shirtless adult man water-skiing close to camera with heavy lake spray. — The skier passes closest to the camera, leaning into the turn amid a burst of spray.

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