South Dakota-1954: Two People Water Skiing On Blue Lake On A Bright Sunny Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 South Dakota

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Two People Water Skiing On Blue Lake On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Two people water ski across a blue lake in South Dakota during a bright, sunny day in 1954. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the subjects gliding over the water, leaving white wakes behind them. The shoreline is lined with dense trees and rolling hills under a clear sky. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The camera remains steady, observing the action from a distance as the skiers move across the frame.

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: 127608149

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: 1954 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: South Dakota, 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. leisure, water recreation, or summer vacation sequences needing real home-movie footage of water skiing on a lake.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color 8mm home-movie texture and distant recreational water skiing, with no visible brands or landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the observer's distant family-film perspective, holding on skiers crossing open water rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two water skiers, white boat wakes, blue lake water, tree-lined shoreline, rolling hills, bright sky, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and mild exposure shifts give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief recreation insert, summer memory beat, lake-life cutaway, or transition within a 1950s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar outdoor leisure and lake recreation as seen through a private home-movie camera, without enough detail to identify participants or site.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private property, or identifiable landmarks are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm water skiing, South Dakota lake recreation, vintage home movie summer sports, and two skiers on lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then South Dakota or 1954 lake footage, then broader 1950s water sports and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two people water ski across a South Dakota lake in 1954, seen from a distant 8mm home-movie viewpoint with wooded shore behind them. — Two water skiers cross the lake, leaving white wakes near a wooded shoreline.

Distant water skiers continue across the lake in 1954 South Dakota footage, with bright wake lines and forested shore in the background. — The skiers move across open water with spray trailing behind them.

A skier crosses the lake in distant 1954 South Dakota home-movie footage, with another small figure, wake trails, hills, and faded color visible. — A skier glides through bright wake lines on the lake below low hills.

The water skiers appear farther away on the South Dakota lake, with fading 8mm color, soft hills, and long pale wake trails across the water. — The skiers recede across the lake as wake trails spread over the water.

Visually Similar Clips