Colorado USA-1959: Woman Water Skiing Behind Motor Boat On Lake During A Windy Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Water Skiing Behind Motor Boat On Lake During A... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1959 captures a woman water skiing behind a motorboat on a lake during a windy day. The grainy, color film shows the skier in a light-colored swimsuit cutting through choppy waves, with a motorboat pulling her across the water. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of old home movie projections, with a tree-lined shore visible in the background under a bright sky. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic 1950s feel, showcasing classic summer recreation and the charm of mid-century American leisure.

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: 121131971

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1950s Colorado leisure footage, mid-century water sports, or brief editorial inserts of summer recreation on a windy lake.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s recreational boating and water skiing, with swimsuit styling, small motorboat activity, and 8mm color home-movie framing supporting the period metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged family-observer quality, watching a skier and boat cross choppy water from shore or another stable viewing point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman water skiing, a small motorboat, choppy lake water, spray from the tow path, a distant tree-lined shore, bright sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm color image shows soft focus, visible grain, muted exposure, slight instability, and contact-print borders that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or establishing insert for mid-century American lake recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar-era outdoor leisure and recreational water skiing as seen through a private home-movie camera, without identifying a specific lake or event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before commercial use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 Colorado 8mm water skiing, vintage home movie lake recreation, woman skier behind motorboat, and 1950s summer boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Colorado 1959 lake scenes, then broader 1950s boating, waterskiing, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Colorado home-movie frame showing a distant woman water skiing near a small motorboat on a windy lake. — A skier and tow boat move across choppy lake water near a tree-lined shore.

A woman appears to water ski behind a motorboat on a windy Colorado lake in 1959 color 8mm footage. — The skier follows the tow boat through rippled water, with spray visible behind her.

1959 Colorado lake scene with a motorboat towing a woman water skier across choppy water in home-movie footage. — The boat and skier cross the frame against the distant trees and shoreline.

A distant woman water skiing behind a motorboat on a Colorado lake, framed by 8mm home-movie borders. — Spray marks the skier's path as the tow boat moves across the windy lake.

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