Catskill New York US-1962: Woman Trying To Surf On A Lake During Family Vacation

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York

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Woman Trying To Surf On A Lake During Family Vacation — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK US-1962: A woman in a vintage one-piece swimsuit and white swim cap attempts to surf on a small wave at a lakeside beach. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures her struggling to maintain balance on a surfboard, with a sandy shore and dense trees in the background. The footage shows her falling and re-entering the water, conveying a candid moment of playful effort during a family vacation. The grainy, blue-tinted image and natural lighting evoke authentic 1960s home movie nostalgia.

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: 123751707

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1962 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: Catskill, New York, 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 1960s family-vacation edits needing candid lake recreation, amateur surfing, or summer leisure footage from Catskill, New York.
Period detail: The one-piece swimsuit, white swim cap, small board, and 8mm home-movie color may show early-1960s vacation style and casual beach recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged family-camera moment as a woman repeatedly tries to balance in shallow lake water and then walks back toward shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a swim cap, a small board on the water, shallow lake surf, a sandy beach, tree-lined shore, and distant bathers.
Film character: The clip has blue-tinted 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, summer-vacation insert, comic cutaway, or transition within a sequence about family leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents informal outdoor recreation at a lakeside beach, with adults using the water and shore in a relaxed vacation setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm lake vacation, Catskill New York beach, woman swim cap, vintage family surfing attempt, and home movie summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Catskill 1962 lake or beach scenes, then broader 1960s family-vacation water-recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Catskill, New York, 1962, a woman in a white swim cap appears to balance low on a small board in shallow lake water. — Woman begins a low, tentative ride on a small board near the lakeside beach.

The woman remains on the small board in shallow Catskill lake water, framed against a sandy beach and dense trees. — A brief upright moment on the board with the wooded shoreline in the background.

In the 1962 Catskill home-movie footage, the woman appears to lose balance and drop low on the board near shore. — The attempted ride turns into a low slide or fall close to the shoreline.

A woman in a blue one-piece swimsuit and white swim cap walks through shallow lake water at Catskill after the surfing attempt. — The woman walks back through the water while other beachgoers remain in the distance.

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