Michigan USA-1961: Man Enjoying Water Skiing

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

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Man Enjoying Water Skiing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1961 captures a man water skiing on a lake. The shirtless man, wearing patterned swim trunks and a white buoyancy aid, glides across the water while holding a yellow tow rope. The grainy, slightly blurred footage shows him maintaining a low crouch as he skis, with water spraying behind him. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with warm color tones and natural motion, offering authentic archival footage of 1960s summer recreation and leisure activities.

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: 121081087

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm Michigan lake recreation footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing authentic home-movie water skiing and summer leisure material.
Period detail: The swim trunks, white buoyancy aid, yellow tow rope and 8mm color look support an early-1960s recreational boating scene, with Michigan and 1961 supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A shirtless adult man crouches and balances on water skis while being towed, giving the scene the informal feel of family-shot summer recreation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water skier, yellow tow rope, white buoyancy aid, patterned trunks, lake surface, spray wake and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color, handheld framing and contact-print edge artifacts that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, nostalgic cutaway or memory beat for mid-century lake holidays, water sports or family vacation sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational water skiing as a casual summer lake activity, shown from an observer's home-movie perspective rather than a staged sporting event.
Research note: An adult face and likeness are visible; copyright, privacy and likeness permissions should be reviewed separately, with no logos or private property apparent.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Michigan 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, 1960s home movie water sports and man on water skis.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Michigan 1961 lake scenes, then broader 1960s vacation, boating and water-sport home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing a shirtless adult man balancing low on water skis while holding a yellow tow rope. — A man crouches on water skis as spray rises around him on the lake.

1961 Michigan frame of an adult man in patterned trunks and a white buoyancy aid skiing across lake water. — The skier leans forward while being towed, with a water-ski tip visible near the spray.

Soft 8mm frame from the Michigan lake scene with the water skier partly blurred near the edge and spray across the water. — Motion blur and spray obscure the skier as he passes through the frame.

1961 Michigan home-movie frame showing the skier farther from camera on a lake, trailing a small spray wake. — The skier appears at a distance, crossing the lake with a wake behind him.

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