Michigan USA-1960: Two People Riding Bicycles In Park With Ocean In Background

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

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Two People Riding Bicycles In Park With Ocean In Background — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: Two people ride bicycles along a paved path through a wooded area, with the ocean visible in the distance. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a nostalgic summer day with vibrant, slightly faded colors and natural film grain. The riders wear light-colored clothing, moving steadily toward the camera on a quiet road lined with tall trees. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful Americana and leisure from the 1960s.

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: 125497549

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Michigan leisure, bicycling, park-road travel, and summer home-movie cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Light clothing, simple bicycles, quiet paved paths, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century recreational travel and family filming habits.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as cyclists move through scenic park roads and the camera lingers on landscape views.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two cyclists, paved wooded paths, tall trees, distant water, a rocky arch or bridge-like formation, sky, grass, and roadside brush.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a memory beat, leisure cutaway, travel insert, or transition between broader scenes of summer recreation and Michigan landscapes.
Historical context: The footage visually places bicycling within a quiet wooded recreation setting, suggesting informal outdoor leisure without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Researchers may find this relevant for 1960s 8mm Michigan bicycling, wooded park road, lakeshore recreation, home movie cyclists, or vintage summer travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel park and travel scenes, then Michigan 1960 footage, then broader bicycling, lakeshore, wooded-road, and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a rocky arch or bridge-like formation framed by trees under a cloudy sky. — Rocky arch or bridge-like feature seen through trees in a scenic park setting.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame with a rocky arch or bridge-like formation, surrounding trees, and visible film gate edges. — A scenic arch-like rock or bridge form appears above the wooded landscape.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing two cyclists on a quiet paved wooded path with distant water visible ahead. — Two cyclists ride along a tree-lined park road with water visible in the distance.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame of two cyclists riding toward the camera on a wooded park road near distant water. — Cyclists continue toward the camera along the quiet paved road through trees.

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