Michigan USA-1960: People Walking And Cycling By The Lake

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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People Walking And Cycling By The Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a Michigan lakeside. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a black dress ride bicycles along a paved path beside the water, with a large white ferry visible in the distance. The scene includes a white picket fence, lampposts, and a classic lakeside building with a porch. Later, two men stand by a bicycle, conversing near the water's edge. The footage features the characteristic grain and color palette of 1960s Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American lakeside atmosphere.

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: 125497515

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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 Michigan lakeside leisure, ferry-adjacent travel, or everyday cycling scenes in documentary, education, museum, or period editorial edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include mid-century casual clothing, cruiser-style bicycles, globe lampposts, a white picket fence, and a waterfront porch that may show a resort or lakeside promenade.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as cyclists pass along the water and two men pause with a bicycle as if casually talking during a sunny outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cyclists, two men with a bicycle, a large white ferry offshore, blue lake water, a paved path, lampposts, a picket fence, and a porch-front building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet borders that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, regional travel insert, or transition between wider lakeside recreation and personal vacation footage.
Historical context: The scene documents public lakeside recreation in Michigan, with people cycling and gathering near the shoreline while passenger boats move across the water.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from any personal or property releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 Michigan home movie lake cycling, vintage 8mm waterfront ferry, mid-century American lakeside leisure, and people by bay footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1960 lakeside clips, then broader 1960s American vacation, ferry, and cycling material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan lakeside home-movie frame showing two cyclists near a picket fence, lampposts, blue water, and a distant white ferry. — Cyclists pass along a waterfront path as a ferry moves across the lake.

1960 Michigan waterfront frame with cyclists on a paved path, parked bicycles, lampposts, a porch-front building, and a ferry in the distance. — A pair of cyclists ride past parked bicycles and a porch near the water.

1960 Michigan lakeside view with bicyclists on a path, a white picket fence, porch columns, seated people, blue water, and a distant ferry. — Cyclists move along the shore with the ferry visible beyond the fence.

1960 Michigan lakeside frame showing two men by a bicycle on a paved path, with open water, distant buildings, and a shoreline behind them. — Two men pause with a bicycle beside the lake, facing each other near the shore.

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