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Wisconsin-1958: Man Water Skiing On Lake In Vintage 8mm Home Movie

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  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationWisconsin, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD

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Man Water Skiing On Lake In Vintage 8mm Home Movie — Clip Details

A man in a dark swimsuit water skis across a lake in this 1958 8mm home movie from Wisconsin. Shot from a moving boat, the footage captures him gliding over the water, leaving a white wake behind. The scene is framed by a dark border, typical of vintage Super 8 film, with trees lining the distant shore under a bright sky. The grainy, slightly faded colors and analog quality evoke a nostalgic summer day of classic American leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
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
127715394

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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • bath suit
  • antique
  • super
  • analog
  • sports
  • radical
  • trees
  • man
  • fun
  • water
  • skis
  • beach
  • lake
  • outdoors
  • people
  • wisconsin
  • 1958
  • 1958 water skiing
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Wisconsin lake
  • man water skiing
  • summer fun
  • retro home movie
  • analog film
  • classic sports
  • 1950s recreation
  • outdoor activity
  • water sports
  • old film footage
  • nostalgic clip
  • family vacation
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage recreation
  • lake activity
  • 1950s lifestyle
  • classic Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s American leisure, lake recreation, water-skiing, and Wisconsin summer home-movie sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail
The 8mm color image, dark swimsuit, tow-rope action, and open lake setting support a late-1950s home-movie view of recreational water skiing.
Home-movie behavior
The camera follows from a moving boat as the skier stays upright, creating an unstaged family-film view of sport, balance, and summer recreation.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man on water skis, tow wake, rippled lake water, a distant tree-lined shore, small shoreline structures, and rounded film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld boat movement that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
Editors can use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for vintage summer, family vacation, lake sport, or midcentury outdoor leisure scenes.
Historical context
The clip reflects recreational lake culture and motorboat-towed water skiing as seen through a private Wisconsin home movie, without identifying the participants.
Research note
A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or clear private property are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness review.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, midcentury summer home movie, and man water skiing on a lake.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wisconsin or 1958 lake footage, then broader vintage water sports and summer vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Wisconsin 8mm footage, a man water skis across open lake water with a white wake and distant trees behind him.
A water skier moves across the lake in a distant boat-shot view.
The skier continues across the Wisconsin lake, framed by rounded 8mm borders and rippled blue water.
The skier travels past the camera boat with spray rising beside him.
A man in a dark swimsuit skis toward the camera boat on a Wisconsin lake, with spray and a distant shoreline visible.
The water skier appears nearer to the camera as the wake spreads across the lake.
Near the end of the 1958 Wisconsin clip, the skier continues over choppy water with trees and small shoreline structures beyond.
The skier remains upright as the boat wake rolls across the foreground.

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