Colorado USA-1959: High Speed Speed Boat Pulling Water Skier On A Warm Summer's Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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High Speed Speed Boat Pulling Water Skier On A Warm... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1959 captures a thrilling summer day on a lake. A man in yellow swim trunks water skis behind a speedboat, cutting through the water with a spray of white waves. The scene is viewed through a dark frame, likely from a window, with a wooden dock and an American flag visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, authentic 1950s aesthetic. The action is dynamic and joyful, showcasing mid-century American recreation and leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121131963

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: Yes
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 1704 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1959 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: Colorado, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. leisure, lake recreation, and water-skiing sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The American flag, wooden dock, speedboat, and yellow water-skier attire support a late-1950s summer recreation setting in Colorado per clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an informal home-movie viewpoint, watching a skier pass across the lake from behind dark foreground framing near a dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, a distant shoreline, speedboat wake, water skier, dock posts, an American flag, and yellow dock items.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, exposure variation, and physical film marks that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, summer-memory cutaway, recreation transition, or mid-century leisure beat.
Historical context: The clip reflects postwar American outdoor recreation and boating culture as seen through family home-movie footage, without identifying participants.
Research note: People and a flag are visible; copyright, likeness, and any property or trademark concerns should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s Colorado lake water skiing, vintage 8mm speedboat recreation, American summer home movie, and mid-century boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Colorado 1959 lake scenes, then broader 1950s boating, water-skiing, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Colorado home-movie frame showing a water skier crossing the lake behind a boat wake, seen through dark foreground framing. — A water skier cuts across the lake near the far shoreline.

1959 Colorado lake view with wooden dock posts, an American flag, and water beyond, framed by dark edges from the filming position. — Dock posts and a small American flag frame the lake view.

Foreground dock with an American flag, yellow dock items, and vertical posts, with the Colorado lake visible behind them. — A dockside flag and yellow items appear in the foreground as the lake fills the background.

A blurred 1959 Colorado water-skier figure crosses open lake water, emphasizing motion and home-movie camera softness. — The water skier blurs past across the lake surface.

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