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Michigan USA-1968: Man Cleans Riverside Area

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  • Year1968
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationMichigan, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

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Man Cleans Riverside Area — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1968 shows a man cleaning a wooded riverside area. The clip opens on a tranquil forest scene with a calm lake reflecting trees with fresh spring foliage. A man in a plaid shirt, dark trousers, and a black cap enters the frame, holding a long-handled tool. He methodically works along the shoreline, appearing to clear debris or weeds. A partially visible sign reading 'THE JERRELL'S' suggests a private property. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality, capturing a quiet moment of environmental care in a natural setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
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
122810460

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: Yes
  • 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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note
1968
Reel-level location note
chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date
1968 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

  • cleaning
  • man
  • enviornment
  • tidy
  • riverside
  • environment
  • cleaned
  • nature
  • michigan USA
  • 1968
  • 1968 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • riverside cleanup
  • man cleaning
  • wooded area
  • spring foliage
  • Super 8 film
  • archival footage
  • nature cleanup
  • old film
  • 1960s
  • documentary style
  • environmental care
  • outdoor activity
  • classic film
  • nostalgic footage
  • retro home movie
  • vintage footage
  • editorial use
  • archival film
  • family film
  • old film footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s Michigan home-movie requests needing a quiet rural shoreline maintenance or private riverside property scene.
Period detail
The clothing, 8mm source, faded color, and metadata-supported 1968 date place the scene in a late-1960s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior
The footage records an unstaged domestic task as a man methodically works near the waterline with a long-handled tool.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a wooded shoreline, calm water, spring foliage, tree trunks, a man in a plaid shirt and dark cap, a rake-like tool, and a partially visible Jerrell's sign.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a cutaway, insert, or memory beat for rural maintenance, lakeside property care, or everyday outdoor labor.
Historical context
The scene suggests private or family-recorded stewardship of a wooded waterside area without supporting broader environmental or civic claims.
Research note
A visible adult face and a named property sign may require likeness, privacy, trademark, or property review separate from copyright status.
Research search match
Search matches include 1968 Michigan 8mm man cleaning riverside, vintage home movie wooded shoreline, and private lakeside property maintenance.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Michigan 1968 outdoor family scenes, then broader vintage shoreline, yard work, or environmental cleanup footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Michigan 8mm frame showing a wooded riverside area, reflective water, and a partially obscured man entering the scene.
A quiet wooded shoreline appears before the man moves into clearer view.
Adult man in a plaid shirt and dark cap stands near a partially visible Jerrell's sign beside a wooded Michigan shoreline.
The man pauses near the partially visible property sign at the water's edge.
1968 Michigan home-movie frame of a man working with a long-handled tool near a Jerrell's sign on a wooded shoreline.
The man works along the riverside ground with a long-handled tool.
Adult man in plaid shirt and dark trousers appears to clear debris near a Jerrell's sign beside reflective water in Michigan.
The man continues clearing the shoreline area beside the sign and trees.

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