Wisconsin USA-1958: A Water Skier Is Pulled Behind A Boat On A Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Water Skier Is Pulled Behind A Boat On A Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1958 captures a classic summer watersport scene. A person in a life vest water skis behind a motorboat on a calm lake, with tree-lined shores and distant hills visible under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and dark frame borders, conveying authentic retro nostalgia. The action unfolds with the boat pulling the skier across the water, creating a dynamic wake. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s Americana recreation footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121499271

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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 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: Wisconsin, 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 1950s U.S. leisure, Wisconsin lake recreation, water skiing, and family-shot summer vacation sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The small motorboat, open lake setting, simple water-ski setup, and 8mm color home-movie look may show mid-century recreational boating culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged shoreline or boat-side home-movie view of a skier being pulled across the lake for family or vacation memory keeping.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorboat, water skier, lake surface, boat wake, tree-lined shore, distant low hills, cloudy sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, color fading, exposure variation, and contact-frame borders that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, vacation memory beat, or transition within a mid-century summer leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor lake recreation in 1958 Wisconsin without enough visual detail to identify the people, boat model, or exact location.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin 8mm water skiing, vintage lake boating, mid-century American summer recreation, and home movie watersport footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Wisconsin 1958 lake footage, then broader 1950s boating, summer vacation, and watersport home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a distant water skier being pulled across a lake near a tree-lined shore. — A skier moves behind a boat across the lake, with shoreline trees in the background.

Wide 1958 Wisconsin lake view with a small boat on the water and low hills in the distance. — The boat crosses the open lake as low hills and shoreline remain visible beyond it.

Distant boat on a Wisconsin lake in 1958, filmed in soft 8mm color with hills across the horizon. — A small boat is seen from a distance on the lake, with a broad shoreline behind it.

1958 Wisconsin waterskiing frame with a motorboat pulling a skier across calm lake water. — The boat pulls the skier past the camera, creating a wake across the lake surface.

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