Wisconsin USA-1958: A Man Water Skis On A Lake In Vintage 8mm Footage

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Man Water Skis On A Lake In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

A vintage 1958 home movie clip from Wisconsin USA shows a man water skiing on a lake. Filmed on 8mm film, the footage features a man in a dark swimsuit gliding across the water, pulled by a rope, with a tree-lined shore in the background. The image has a distinct blue-purple color cast and visible film grain, with a dark border framing the scene. The skier maintains balance while creating a spray of water, capturing a classic mid-century recreational moment.

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: 121499730

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, summer recreation, Wisconsin lake life, or mid-century home-movie sequences needing authentic water-skiing footage.
Period detail: The clip shows 1958 8mm footage of a water skier on a wooded lake, with period detail carried mainly by the small-gauge home-movie format and recreational scene.
Home-movie behavior: The skier appears to be filmed informally from a boat or shoreline perspective as he balances on the water and throws spray behind him.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water skier, tow rope, lake surface, water spray, distant wooded shoreline, dark film frame edges, and blue-purple color cast.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, dark gate borders, and a blue-purple shift that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, lake-life transition, or memory beat in a mid-century summer sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday postwar recreational home-movie subjects without proving a specific event, resort, family identity, or named lake.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Wisconsin water skiing home movie, 8mm lake recreation footage, 1950s summer leisure, and vintage water skier on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1950s boating, swimming, vacation, and outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a man water skiing behind a tow rope on a tree-lined lake. — A water skier rides across the lake as the tow rope leads out of frame.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame of a man water skiing on a lake with spray and trees behind him. — The skier stays upright as water spray trails behind the skis.

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a water skier crossing the lake in soft, grainy home-movie color. — The skier cuts across the water with the wooded shoreline partly visible.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame of a man water skiing as the wake curves across the blue-purple lake surface. — The skier moves toward the edge of frame while the wake trails across the lake.

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