Wisconsin-1958: Man Water Skiing Behind Motorboat

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Man Water Skiing Behind Motorboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a man water skiing behind a small motorboat on a calm lake in Wisconsin. The skier, wearing dark swim trunks, glides across the water while the boat, carrying at least two people, creates a white wake. The scene unfolds under a bright sky with tree-lined shores visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color palette, and subtle film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American leisure activities.

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: 127714961

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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 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: Wisconsin, 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: 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage useful for edits about mid-century lake recreation, boating, water skiing, or family leisure in the American Midwest.
Period detail: The small motorboat, simple water skis, swim trunks, and tree-lined lake setting support a late-1950s recreational boating scene without visible brands or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged leisure moment as people in a motorboat tow a skier across calm water while the camera observes from shore or another fixed vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, at least two boat occupants, a water skier, tow wake, calm lake surface, distant wooded shoreline, and bright open sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted natural color, slight exposure variation, frame-edge shadows, and fine film grain consistent with amateur home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, recreation insert, or transition within a sequence about summer vacations, lake culture, or boating.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar-era American leisure around lakeside recreation, showing water skiing as a casual outdoor activity rather than a staged sporting event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Wisconsin lake home movie, 8mm water skiing footage, vintage motorboat on lake, and mid-century American summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader vintage boating and water-skiing home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a small motorboat towing a water skier on a calm lake with low wooded hills in the distance. — A motorboat pulls a skier across open lake water, leaving a narrow white wake behind it.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame of a motorboat carrying people while towing a water skier across open lake water. — The boat moves left to right as the skier rides behind it on the trailing wake.

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame with a water skier upright behind a motorboat, with trees and shoreline visible across the lake. — The skier stays upright as the boat exits the frame, with a wooded point visible in the background.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a distant water skier moving across calm lake water near a wooded shoreline. — The skier continues across the lake as the boat wake trails through the foreground.

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