Wisconsin-1958: Man Water Skiing on Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Man Water Skiing on Lake — Clip Details

A man water skis across a calm lake in this 1958 8mm home movie from Wisconsin. Shot from a moving boat, the footage captures the skier in a yellow life vest and dark trunks gliding over the water, leaving a white wake. The shoreline features trees and a house in the background, with the film's characteristic grain and color fading typical of vintage Super 8 footage. The skier maintains balance while being pulled, showcasing a classic summer recreational activity from the late 1950s.

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, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715414

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 American recreation sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage of water skiing on a Wisconsin lake.
Period detail: The yellow life vest, dark swim trunks, open lake setting, and soft 8mm color may show late-1950s summer leisure without identifiable brands.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged boat-rider viewpoint, following a man as he balances behind the moving boat and crosses the wake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the water skier, tow wake, rippled lake surface, wooded shoreline, distant lakeside structures, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows home-movie grain, slight softness, faded color, and handheld framing from a moving boat, giving it a tactile 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief recreation insert, summer memory beat, lake-life cutaway, or transition within a midcentury family-leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational water skiing as a casual lakeside activity, framed through family or vacation home-movie practice rather than formal coverage.
Research note: A visible adult appears in the footage, so likeness review may be needed separately from any copyright or source-format assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin 8mm water skiing, 1950s lake recreation home movie, vintage summer sports footage, and man skiing behind boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wisconsin 1958 lake footage, then broader 1950s summer recreation or boating material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1958 Wisconsin 8mm frame, a man water skis across a lake while a white wake trails behind him. — A water skier rides behind the camera boat, with a wooded shoreline and distant lakeside structures visible.

The skier continues across the Wisconsin lake, partly softened by motion and 8mm grain as spray breaks around his skis. — The skier cuts across choppy water, leaving a bright spray against the darker lake surface.

A man in a yellow life vest balances on water skis in a 1958 Wisconsin home-movie view from a moving boat. — The skier remains upright over the wake, framed low across the lake with trees beyond the water.

The final frame shows the skier gliding across the lake to the right, with a bright wake and wooded Wisconsin shoreline behind. — The skier travels across open water as the camera boat tracks him from a distance.

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