St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Water Skiing On Lake In Summer 1962

$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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Water Skiing On Lake In Summer 1962 — Clip Details

A grainy, vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a lone figure water skiing on a calm lake in St. Paul, Minnesota. The skier, clad in dark swimwear, glides across the water's surface, leaving a gentle wake behind. The footage, shot in low light, exhibits a distinct purple-tinted color grade and heavy film grain, characteristic of amateur Super 8 footage from the early 1960s. The camera remains stationary, observing the skier's smooth, recreational movement against the dark, reflective water.

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: 120813421

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: This clip supports archival requests for early-1960s American summer recreation, especially documentary or educational edits needing brief home-movie water-skiing material.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie format, muted color, grain, and simple lakeside recreation may show a 1962 amateur record of water skiing in the St. Paul, Minnesota area as indicated by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged recreational moment, with a distant skier moving across calm water while the camera observes from shore or another fixed vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone water skier, dark reflective lake water, a tow line or wake trace, low-light exposure, strong film grain, and contact-sheet framing.
Film character: The footage has a dim, purple-tinted 8mm look with heavy grain, soft focus, and uneven exposure that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, period leisure transition, or memory beat within a family, sports, or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual midcentury lake recreation without visible crowds, signage, landmarks, or other context that would independently verify the exact location.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, privacy, and likeness review should remain separate from any location or property assessment, with no logos or private property apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1960s 8mm water skiing, St. Paul Minnesota lake recreation, vintage home movie summer sports, and amateur water skier footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota lake footage, and then with broader home-movie water-sports or summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A distant water skier moves across dark reflective lake water in grainy 8mm footage associated with 1962 St. Paul, Minnesota metadata. — Distant skier on the lake.

A small silhouetted water skier glides over rippled lake water in soft, purple-tinted 8mm home-movie footage. — Skier silhouetted on rippled water.

A water skier appears near the left side of the frame, riding over dark lake water in grainy 8mm home-movie footage. — Skier passes through the left side of frame.

A closer silhouetted water skier rides across calm lake water, leaving a visible wake in the supplied 1962 St. Paul recreation clip. — Closer view of the skier and wake.

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