St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Night Water Skiing on a Lake

$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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Night Water Skiing on a Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, capturing a man water skiing on a lake at night. The grainy, low-light footage shows the skier in a dark swimsuit, holding a tow rope, gliding across the dark blue water with a white wake trailing behind. The scene is illuminated by artificial light, creating a dramatic contrast against the dark shoreline and trees in the background. The camera follows the skier's motion, capturing the dynamic action and nostalgic atmosphere of a classic American summer recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813474

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 archive requests for early 1960s American summer recreation, especially documentary or education edits needing brief night water-skiing action from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color grain, low-light exposure, dark swimwear, tow rope, and informal lake setting fit the supplied 1962 home-movie context, though no visible landmark confirms St. Paul within the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value in the way the camera follows a water skier across dark water during a recreational outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water skier, dark blue lake water, a tow rope, white spray and wake, a dark tree-lined shore, and artificial illumination against the night background.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, heavy low-light contrast, color shift, and handheld tracking that give the action a distinctly physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, lake recreation, water sports, or summer-night sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects private recreational water sports filmed in a casual home-movie style, with the skier isolated against a dark shoreline and illuminated water.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames; copyright and source licensing remain separate checks.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1960s 8mm night water skiing, vintage home movie lake recreation, Minnesota summer water sports, and man water skiing at night.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with St. Paul or Minnesota footage from 1962, and then with broader 1960s lake, boating, summer recreation, or water-sports clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1962 St. Paul home-movie footage, a male water skier rides low on dark lake water while holding a tow rope, with spray behind him and a dark shoreline in the background. — Water skier begins moving across the dark lake.

A male water skier stands upright behind the tow rope on a dark blue lake, with white wake under the skis and a mostly black tree line beyond the water. — Skier stands upright in the illuminated wake.

The skier moves closer in the frame, holding the tow rope as white spray spreads across the dark lake surface under low artificial light. — Closer view of the skier cutting through spray.

The water skier appears farther away on the lake, still holding the tow rope, with a small patch of wake and a dark wooded shoreline filling much of the night frame. — Skier recedes against the dark shoreline.

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