Brighton Michigan-1960: Woman Swims In Lake Near Dock As Canoe Passes In Background

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationBrighton, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Brighton Michigan

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Woman Swims In Lake Near Dock As Canoe Passes In Background — Clip Details

A woman in a dark swimsuit swims in a lake near a wooden dock, her movements creating ripples in the blue water. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1960, shows her emerging from the water and swimming toward the dock. In the distance, a red canoe with two people glides across the lake. The scene has a nostalgic, grainy quality with a strong blue color cast, typical of vintage home movies. The clip captures a candid moment of summer recreation and leisure.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127729486

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: Brighton, 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 documentary edits needing candid Midwestern lake recreation, summer swimming, or home-movie leisure footage from Brighton, Michigan.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, simple swimsuit, wooden dock, and canoe activity support a circa-1960 lakeside recreation setting without visible modern details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a woman swims near a dock while a canoe passes in the distance, giving editors a candid family-vacation perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a woman in a dark swimsuit, a wooden dock edge, ripples from swimming, distant canoeists, and strong film gate borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, deep blue color cast, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders that read as authentic scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, summer recreation insert, or transition between broader lake, family outing, and leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday warm-weather recreation at a Michigan lake, with swimming close to a dock and small craft moving through the background.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from film copyright or stock licensing considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 Brighton Michigan lake swimming, vintage 8mm summer recreation, woman swimming by dock, and canoe on lake home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then Brighton or 1960 Michigan footage, then broader themes of swimming, boating, summer leisure, and family outings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 Brighton, Michigan footage, a woman swims near a wooden dock in blue lake water with film borders visible. — A swimmer moves through the lake beside the dock.

The swimmer faces toward the camera near a dock in the 1960 Brighton, Michigan lake scene, with rippled water surrounding her. — The woman surfaces and faces the camera near the dock.

A woman continues swimming beside the dock in the Brighton, Michigan lake footage, framed by dark 8mm contact-sheet borders. — The swimmer stays close to the dock as the water ripples around her.

A red canoe with two people crosses the lake in the distance during the 1960 Brighton, Michigan home-movie scene. — A canoe with two people passes across the lake background.

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