St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Man Water-Skiing on Lake with Mountains in Background

$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 Water-Skiing on Lake with Mountains in Background — Clip Details

A man water-skis across a lake in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1962, captured on vintage 8mm film. He grips the tow rope tightly, leaning back as he glides over the water, with distant mountains and tree-lined shores visible in the background. The footage shows natural motion blur and film grain, with a cool blue and purple color palette typical of 1960s home movies. The scene conveys a sense of summer recreation and retro Americana, with the skier maintaining balance on his skis as the boat pulls him forward.

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: 120813462

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s home-movie footage suited to requests for summer water recreation, water-skiing, lake leisure, and mid-century American vacation material.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s recreational clothing and water-ski equipment, with the 1962 date and United States setting supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is in the skier balancing against the tow rope while the camera follows a fast-moving leisure moment from a boat or shoreline perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water-skier, tow rope, lake surface, spray wake, tree-lined shore, distant mountain or hill silhouettes, and soft blue-purple home-movie color.
Film character: The 8mm image has pronounced grain, soft focus, motion blur, uneven exposure, and cool color shifts that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, summer-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about boating and lake sports.
Historical context: The footage documents informal water-sport recreation in a home-movie context, emphasizing leisure activity rather than an organized event or identified competition.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review, while no logos, private property, children, or audible music are indicated; copyright and personal-rights clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1960s 8mm water-skiing, man water-skiing on lake, vintage home movie lake recreation, and mid-century summer water sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1962 United States lake or St. Paul-labeled material, then with broader 1960s boating and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A male water-skier appears on a lake in archival 1962 United States home-movie footage, holding a tow rope as spray rises behind him. — Water-skier leans back on the tow rope.

A man water-skis across open water, leaning into the pull of the rope with a shadowed shoreline and distant hills visible beyond the lake. — Skier rides across open water.

The skier appears blurred by motion and distance while crossing the lake, with dark water and a tree-lined shore forming the background. — Motion-blurred skier crossing the lake.

A male water-skier moves through a bright splash of wake on the lake, with the rope extending forward and the distant shoreline behind him. — Skier cuts through spray near frame center.

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