Wisconsin-1958: A Man Water Skis On Lake While Holding Tow Rope

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Man Water Skis On Lake While Holding Tow Rope — Clip Details

A man water skis across a calm lake in this 1958 8mm home movie from Wisconsin. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the clip captures him holding a tow rope as he glides over the water, leaving a white wake behind. He wears a dark swimsuit and maintains his balance on skis, with a tree-lined shore and distant hills visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of an old home movie, evoking a nostalgic 1950s summer recreation.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715319

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 (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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Wisconsin lake recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about summer leisure and amateur water sports.
Period detail: The dark swimwear, tow rope, water skis, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s home-movie view of lake recreation in Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The skier appears filmed from a moving boat, giving the clip the informal spectator perspective of family or friends watching a summer outing.
What appears in frame: A lone water skier, tow rope, lake surface, white spray, tree-lined shoreline, distant low hills, and rounded film-frame edges are visible.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, mild color fading, soft focus, handheld framing, and gate borders typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for 1950s recreation, lake vacations, or vintage sports sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents casual mid-century outdoor leisure on a Wisconsin lake without identifying the skier, lake, boat, or shoreline location.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Wisconsin water skiing, 8mm lake recreation, vintage home movie water sports, and summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake scenes, then broader vintage boating, swimming, and water-sport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Wisconsin home-movie footage, a man on water skis glides across a lake while holding a tow rope near a wooded shore. — Water skier balances on the lake with a tree-lined shore in the background.

A distant man water skis toward the camera on a Wisconsin lake, with tow rope, wake, shoreline, and hills visible in the 8mm frame. — The skier rides toward the camera as the tow rope and wake cut across the lake.

The skier crosses the water at speed, creating spray and a white wake in soft, grainy 1958 Wisconsin 8mm footage. — Spray rises as the skier cuts across the lake behind the towing boat.

A man water skis across a Wisconsin lake, leaning as he follows the tow rope with wooded shoreline and low hills beyond. — The skier leans through a turn, leaving white spray on the lake surface.

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