California-1955: Old Woman Water Skiing at Night

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Old Woman Water Skiing at Night — Clip Details

A woman in a white swim cap and dark swimsuit glides across dark blue water on yellow water skis, captured in grainy 8mm film from 1955. The footage shows her being pulled by a boat, creating white spray as she rides the waves. The scene is set at night or in low light, with a deep blue tint and visible film grain, evoking a nostalgic, vintage feel. The camera follows her movement, capturing the dynamic action of water skiing in a classic home movie style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125290216

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 1449 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: david,alex
Reel-level year note: 1953-1955-1956
Reel-level location note: palm springs california
Date: 1955 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1950s California home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for recreational water skiing, nighttime boating, women in sport, or vintage coastal leisure scenes.
Period detail: The white swim cap, dark one-piece swimsuit, yellow skis, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1950s recreational water-ski culture in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its close, handheld attention to a woman being towed across dark water and struggling with spray and motion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white cap, dark water, yellow water skis, boat wake, white spray, rocky shoreline, distant horizon, and a small tow boat.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, saturated blue exposure, soft focus, gate edges, and uneven low-light contrast that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, vintage recreation cutaway, night-water transition, or memory beat within a California leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a woman participating in water skiing from a home-movie perspective, with the setting presented as coastal or open-water recreation rather than organized competition.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review; no logos or private property are visible, but copyright and location identification should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California water skiing, 8mm home movie night boating, vintage woman water skier, and midcentury coastal recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with 1955 California boating or beach footage, then with broader vintage water-sport and coastal leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California 8mm frame showing a woman in a white swim cap and dark swimsuit riding yellow water skis over dark water. — A woman rides yellow water skis through low-light water, leaving a white trail of spray.

A woman water skier in a white cap leans forward as she is pulled across dark blue water in 1950s California home-movie footage. — The skier moves across the frame with white wake spreading behind her skis.

The water skier passes near a shadowed rocky shoreline, with blue water and bright spray visible in the 8mm frame. — A rocky edge appears behind the skier as she crosses the water in dim blue light.

A distant view shows the skier and small tow boat on open blue water, with a low horizon in 1955 California home-movie footage. — The camera pulls wider to show the skier as a small figure with a boat farther across the water.

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