Wisconsin USA-1958: A Man Water Skiing Behind A Boat On The River

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Man Water Skiing Behind A Boat On The River — Clip Details

A man water skis behind a boat on a calm lake in this vintage 1958 home movie from Wisconsin. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows a man in a swimsuit and life vest gliding across the water, leaving a white wake. The scene is framed by dark tree-lined shores and a distant lakeside house. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly faded blue-purple tint, capturing a nostalgic summer recreation moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121499644

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: 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 Wisconsin recreation requests needing brief home-movie footage of waterskiing on an inland lake or river setting.
Period detail: The swimsuit, simple life vest, tow rope, and small recreational waterski setup may show mid-century leisure details consistent with the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its boat-facing view of a skier trying to stay upright while crossing the wake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the adult skier, tow rope, water skis, boat wake, blue lake surface, dark tree-lined shore, and a distant lakeside house.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and blue-purple color fading that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about family leisure or watersports.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational waterskiing as seen in a private home-movie setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the lake or participants.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin home movie waterskiing, 8mm lake recreation, vintage water sports footage, and mid-century summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 lake scenes, then broader 1950s boating or watersports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Wisconsin home-movie footage, an adult water skier trails behind a boat on blue water with trees and a distant house beyond. — Water skier seen from behind the boat near a tree-lined Wisconsin shore.

The skier moves across the lake wake in 1958 Wisconsin footage, with the tow rope leading back toward the filming boat. — Skier crossing the wake as the tow rope runs toward the camera boat.

A water skier in swimsuit and life vest leans near the wake, with spray and the tow rope visible in the 1958 Wisconsin home movie. — Water skier leaning beside the wake with spray breaking over the surface.

The skier continues across the blue water in Wisconsin, with the tow rope, wake, spray, and dark shoreline visible in the frame. — Skier gliding across the water with wake and tow rope in view.

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