Wisconsin-1958: Endless Fun On The Water

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or broadcast promotion.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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

Before you add to cart: Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

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.

Endless Fun On The Water — Clip Details

A young man water skis across a calm lake in this 1958 8mm home movie from Wisconsin. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage captures him gliding on red skis behind a boat, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark shorts. The scene unfolds under a partly cloudy sky, with tree-lined shores and a few lakeside houses visible in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and natural camera movement evoke authentic mid-century Americana and summer recreation. This archival clip offers nostalgic, authentic footage of 1950s leisure activities.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715227

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 (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: Wisconsin, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin summer recreation requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of water skiing on a lake.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color home-movie texture and a simple lakeside leisure scene that fits the supplied 1958 Wisconsin metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged family or vacation viewpoint, with the skier filmed from a distance as he moves across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone water skier, red skis, lake water, wooded shoreline, distant lakeside buildings, low hills and a partly cloudy sky.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, faded color and handheld framing typical of original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, summer-memory cutaway or transition within a sequence about recreation, family vacations or lake life.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure on an inland lake, showing boating-era recreation and shoreline development without identifying a specific lake or property.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Research matches include 1958 Wisconsin 8mm water skiing, 1950s lake recreation home movie and vintage summer sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake scenes, then broader 1950s water recreation or home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a young man water skiing on a lake, with trees, lakeside buildings and cloudy sky in the distance. — A skier glides across open lake water near a wooded shoreline.

The skier remains upright on red skis in a distant 1958 Wisconsin lake scene, framed by shoreline trees and lakeside structures. — The skier moves steadily across the lake as the shoreline passes behind him.

Wide 8mm home-movie view of a Wisconsin lake shoreline and cloudy sky, with the water skier partly framed near the bottom edge. — The handheld camera drifts wide, emphasizing the lake and wooded hills.

A distant skier crosses a Wisconsin lake in this 1958 8mm frame, with wooded shore, a pale building and soft clouds in view. — The skier appears small against the broad lake and shoreline backdrop.

Visually Similar Clips