Wisconsin-1958: Man Water Skiing On Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Water Skiing On Lake — Clip Details

A man water skis across a lake in this vintage 8mm film clip from 1958, captured in Wisconsin. He wears a dark swimsuit and holds onto a tow rope, gliding over the water with a tree-lined shore in the background. The footage shows natural motion and the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm home movie film, evoking a nostalgic summer day of recreation and leisure.

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: 127715370

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s Wisconsin recreation requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of lake water skiing for documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century leisure clothing, a tow rope, and small-lake water-ski recreation consistent with the supplied 1958 Wisconsin home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged family or amateur viewpoint, following a skier from a boat as he balances, crosses wake, and moves across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male water skier, tow rope, choppy lake surface, water spray, distant swimmers or heads in the water, wooded shoreline, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated blues and greens, variable exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a home-movie reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short recreation insert, summer memory beat, regional leisure cutaway, or transition between broader lake and family-vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar-era outdoor leisure as seen in a private home movie, with water skiing framed as casual summer activity rather than organized competition.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, or private property are evident, but copyright and personality rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Wisconsin water skiing, 1950s lake recreation, vintage 8mm water skier, home movie summer sports, and man skiing behind boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1950s boating, beach, and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a man in a dark swimsuit water skiing across a lake, with tow rope, choppy water, and trees in the distance. — A water skier moves across open lake water while being pulled by a tow rope.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame with a man water skiing near distant swimmers or heads in the water, backed by a wooded lakeshore. — The skier passes across the lake as small figures appear in the water nearby.

1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a water skier approaching over choppy lake water, with a tow rope in the foreground and trees along the shore. — The tow rope leads toward a skier riding through light spray on the lake.

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame with a man water skiing through spray, tow rope visible in front, and a tree-lined lakeshore in the background. — A skier holds balance behind the tow rope as spray rises around the skis.

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