Wisconsin USA-1958: A Person Water Skiing In The Sea Pulled By A Boat

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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A Person Water Skiing In The Sea Pulled By A Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wisconsin USA in 1958 captures a person water skiing on a calm lake. The skier, wearing dark clothing, glides across the water while being pulled by a small motorboat visible in later frames. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky with a tree-lined shore in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and visible grain, with dark frame borders suggesting it was shot through a window or viewfinder. This authentic slice of mid-century American recreation offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or historical content.

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: 121499392

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing mid-century lake recreation, water skiing, or small-boat leisure inserts.
Period detail: The footage may show 1950s recreational boating culture through a small motorboat, a single water skier, muted color stock, and a rural tree-lined lakeshore.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, watching a skier cross the lake from a distant, handheld shoreline or boat-side vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier, calm lake surface, boat wake, small motorboat, overcast sky, distant shoreline, trees, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and heavy frame borders give the scan a recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short recreation cutaway, memory beat, summer-lake transition, or period sports insert.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor leisure on a Wisconsin lake, with water skiing and boating presented as casual mid-century recreation.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s Wisconsin lake water skiing, vintage 8mm boating, mid-century American recreation, and home movie water sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 lake or boating scenes, then broader 1950s family recreation and water-sport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a distant person water skiing across a calm lake under an overcast sky. — A water skier crosses the lake with a low shoreline in the background.

A distant skier in dark clothing glides across a Wisconsin lake, with wake lines and shoreline visible behind. — The skier moves across open water, leaving a narrow wake.

The skier is partly at the edge of the 8mm frame while a long wake cuts across the lake toward the distant shore. — A wake stretches across the lake as the skier moves out of frame.

A small motorboat carrying visible occupants moves across the Wisconsin lake, towing the water skier outside the frame. — The tow boat passes across the lake with a wake behind it.

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