Wisconsin-1958: Water Skiing On A Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Water Skiing On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Wisconsin. A small motorboat pulls a person on water skis across the calm blue water, leaving a white wake behind. The distant shoreline features rolling hills, scattered trees, and green fields under a bright, overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, viewed through a dark frame border. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana evokes nostalgia for 1950s leisure activities and family vacations.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715068

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Americana, Wisconsin lake recreation, family vacation, or mid-century leisure sequences needing authentic 8mm water-skiing footage.
Period detail: The small motorboat, open lake setting, distant rural shoreline, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s home-movie leisure context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged lakeside viewpoint as the camera follows a boat towing a water skier across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorboat, water skier, white wake, broad lake surface, distant hills, shoreline trees, green fields, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, mild color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the scan a tangible 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, vacation-memory beat, or cutaway for outdoor recreation and summer leisure themes.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar recreational boating and water-skiing as captured from a family or visitor perspective, without identifying the participants.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin lake water skiing, vintage 8mm boating, 1950s family vacation footage, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1950s boating or water-skiing home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a motorboat pulling a distant water skier across calm lake water near a rural shoreline. — A small boat tows a water skier across the lake, leaving a pale wake below the distant hills.

The boat and skier move farther across a Wisconsin lake, framed by dark 8mm gate edges and a rural horizon. — The skier trails behind the boat as both move across the open water toward the right side of frame.

A wide 1958 Wisconsin lake view shows rippled water, a distant wooded shoreline, and low hills in faded 8mm color. — The camera holds on the lake surface and distant shore after the boat has moved out of view.

A calm Wisconsin lake fills the frame, with distant hills and a tiny waterborne figure or object near the horizon. — The final view emphasizes the broad lake, soft horizon, and small distant activity on the water.

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