Florida USA-1962: Motorboat Pulling Surfer Across Water

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Florida

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Motorboat Pulling Surfer Across Water — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a thrilling water sports scene in Florida. A white motorboat speeds across the blue water, pulling a surfer who rides the wake. The surfer, wearing dark swimwear, maintains balance on the board as the boat creates a large white wake. The footage shows the surfer performing a jump, launching into the air before landing back on the water. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with a distant shoreline visible, showcasing classic 1960s leisure activity. The film exhibits natural grain, color fading, and slight motion blur typical of 8mm home movies, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127002114

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 1332 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: florida
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: Florida, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing early 1960s Florida water-sports home-movie footage for documentary inserts, recreation sequences, or leisure-history context.
Period detail: The small motorboat, wake-riding setup, color 8mm texture, and shoreline spectators may show mid-century recreational boating culture in Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows a fast boat and water skier from an amateur vantage point, preserving the excitement and instability of an unstaged waterside event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, choppy blue water, a wake rider, spray, distant shoreline, trees, a floating ramp, and spectators near the water.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, handheld framing, and motion blur that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, recreational cutaway, transition into boating culture, or memory beat within a Florida leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents organized or informal water-ski recreation, with boats, spectators, and a ramp suggesting a public waterside activity.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or location review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Florida 8mm water skiing, vintage motorboat pulling skier, home movie boating recreation, and mid-century water sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Florida 1962 waterfront footage, then broader 1960s boating, beach, and recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Florida 8mm frame showing a white motorboat crossing choppy water with shoreline in the distance. — A small white motorboat moves through rough water near the shore.

1962 Florida home-movie frame with a water skier riding behind a motorboat amid heavy spray. — A skier balances behind the boat as spray rises from the wake.

Soft 8mm frame showing foamy wake and disturbed water during a Florida water-sports run. — Foam and wake fill the frame as the action moves across the water.

1962 Florida frame showing a boat near a floating ramp, with distant people and trees along the waterline. — A boat moves past a floating ramp while people watch or swim nearby.

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