Novi Michigan-1961: A Man And Women Fishing And A Woman Gardening

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

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A Man And Women Fishing And A Woman Gardening — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a family moment at a lakeside dock in Novi, Michigan. A man in a purple shirt and cap stands with two women on a wooden pier, one holding a fish, suggesting a successful fishing trip. The scene shifts to a woman tending to a flower garden in a sunlit backyard. The footage features natural film grain, warm color tones, and authentic 1960s clothing, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of mid-century American life.

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: 127422823

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: Novi, 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 family-life edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of lakeside fishing, backyard gardening, and informal leisure in Michigan.
Period detail: Visible clothing, folding lawn chairs, dock railings, and flower-bed tending support an early-1960s suburban home-movie setting, with Novi, Michigan supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged family behavior: adults pose with a caught fish, lean toward the camera, and tend flowers in a quiet backyard moment.
What appears in frame: The frames show three adults on a dock, a fish held up for the camera, lake water, yellow folding chairs, trees, a lawn, flower beds, and a woman gardening.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, light leaks, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a memory beat, family leisure insert, seasonal transition, or cutaway between fishing, garden, and mid-century domestic-life scenes.
Historical context: The clip reflects ordinary outdoor recreation and home gardening in a family setting, without enough evidence to identify the people or exact property.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, personal rights, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Novi Michigan 8mm home movie, family fishing dock footage, woman gardening backyard, and 1960s suburban leisure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Novi or Michigan 1961 footage, then broader 1960s family fishing, lakeside, and gardening scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Novi, Michigan home-movie footage, a man and two women stand on a dock by lake water, trees, and yellow folding chairs. — Adults pause on a dock during a lakeside family fishing moment.

A 1961 Novi, Michigan dock scene shows three adults by the lake, with one woman appearing to hold up a fish for the home-movie camera. — A caught fish is shown on the dock beside lake railings and chairs.

Close home-movie view of two women in 1961 Novi, Michigan, with one lifting a fish as both stand near the lakeside dock railing. — Two women share a close dockside moment with the caught fish.

A woman gardens in a sunlit Novi, Michigan backyard in 1961 home-movie footage, with flower beds, lawn, trees, and a small structure behind her. — A woman tends flowers in a backyard garden after the dock scene.

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