St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Man Pulled On Water Skis By Boat

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Man Pulled On Water Skis By Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, showing a man water skiing on a lake at dusk. The grainy, low-light footage captures the skier being pulled by a boat, with the dark silhouette of the person and the boat visible against the rippling water. The scene has a nostalgic, retro feel with natural film grain and a monochromatic, high-contrast look typical of amateur 8mm and 8mm film from the early 1960s. The skier maintains balance while gliding across the water, creating a dynamic sense of motion and recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813333

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: Archival 1960s home-movie footage for productions needing a brief recreational water-skiing scene or lakeside leisure insert from the St. Paul, Minnesota area.
Period detail: The low-light 8mm look, small motorboat, and simple water-skiing setup are consistent with the supplied 1962 home-movie metadata, though no landmark or date marker is visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film view of a man balancing on water skis while a nearby boat pulls him across rippling water at dusk.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted water skier, a small motorboat, tow rope, choppy lake surface, dark shoreline or treeline, low evening light, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, dark exposure, high contrast silhouettes, and slight handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, summer memory beat, or transition within a sequence about mid-century leisure and lake activities.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor recreation captured by an amateur camera, with the focus on movement and atmosphere rather than identifiable faces or place markers.
Research note: A person is visible as a distant silhouette, so likeness review may still be appropriate even though faces, brands, private property, and audible music are not apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm water skiing, vintage home movie lake recreation, man pulled by boat on water skis, and St. Paul Minnesota home-movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other St. Paul or Minnesota 1962 material, and then broader 1960s lake recreation, boating, and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A distant man water skis on a lake near a small boat in supplied 1962 St. Paul, Minnesota home-movie footage, seen in grainy low evening light. — Water skier and boat on a dim lake.

A silhouetted skier moves across the lake surface in low-light 8mm footage, with the shoreline reduced to a dark band in the background. — Skier crossing the lake at dusk.

The skier remains upright on the water, photographed as a small dark figure against the textured lake surface in vintage 8mm home-movie footage. — Skier balanced on the water.

A man on water skis leans with arms extended while moving across the lake, appearing as a dark silhouette in the supplied 1962 home-movie scene. — Skier leaning while being pulled.

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