South Dakota USA-1956: Person Practicing Water Skiing

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Person Practicing Water Skiing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 showing a person water skiing on a lake in South Dakota. The grainy, color-bleached film captures a lone skier in a red outfit gliding across the blue water, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is framed by a dark border, with tree-lined hills visible in the background under a pale sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including soft focus, color degradation, and natural film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational activities.

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: 122634118

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits a 1950s Americana documentary or social history production needing authentic home-movie footage of recreational lake activities in the postwar leisure era.
Period detail: The 8mm film stock, color palette, and postwar recreational water-skiing subject are consistent with mid-1950s American family filmmaking; source metadata dates this to 1956.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from the shoreline by an amateur, the wide-framed distant shot of a skier on open water is characteristic of unscripted home recording rather than staged production.
What appears in frame: Deep blue lake water, lone skier in red outfit, tree-covered hillside, rocky exposed shoreline, pale hazy sky, green foreground vegetation, and pronounced 8mm frame vignette.
Film character: Pronounced edge vignetting, a blue-green color shift, soft grain throughout, and slight exposure unevenness give this the characteristic texture of scanned 8mm color reversal stock.
Edit role: Works as a wide-establishing cutaway or brief memory beat in a documentary covering 1950s American leisure, water sports, or postwar family life.
Historical context: Water skiing became a widely adopted American summer pastime in the 1950s, and home-movie documentation of the activity is typical of postwar amateur film culture.
Research note: One person is visible at considerable distance with no facial features discernible; standard editorial licensing and likeness review protocols apply regardless of face visibility.
Research search match: Researchers may search for '1950s water skiing home movie,' 'mid-century American lake recreation 8mm,' or 'vintage postwar water sports archival footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or family collection, then with 1950s South Dakota or Midwest lake footage, then with mid-century American summer recreation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wide 8mm shot from shore of a lone water skier in red on a lake in South Dakota, circa 1956, with wooded hillside and pale hazy sky. — A water skier in red crosses a sunlit lake; tree-lined hills and hazy sky form the backdrop in this 1956 home movie.

8mm home movie frame of a water skier in red on a South Dakota lake, circa 1956; wooded hills and hazy sky in background. — The skier in red glides across the lake; wooded hills and pale sky frame the scene in this 1956 home movie.

8mm color film frame of a water skier in red on a South Dakota lake, circa 1956; rocky wooded shoreline and pale sky visible. — Skier in red navigates the lake with a forested rocky hillside rising behind; 1956 8mm home movie.

Closing 8mm frame of a water skier in red on a South Dakota lake, circa 1956; sky brightens at right above a forested hillside. — The skier in red continues across the water as bright sky and wooded hills fill the background; 1956 home movie.

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