Wisconsin-1958: Young Person Water Skiing On A Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Person Water Skiing On A Lake — Clip Details

A young person water skis across a calm lake in this vintage 8mm home movie from Wisconsin, 1958. Shot on Super 8 film, the footage captures the subject in a dark swimsuit and light-colored top, gliding over the water while being pulled by a rope. The scene unfolds under a bright sky with a tree-lined shore in the background, showcasing the nostalgic charm of mid-century summer recreation. The grainy texture and color palette of the 8mm film add authentic retro character to this classic Americana moment.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127715430

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1950s Wisconsin home-movie footage for productions needing mid-century lake recreation, water skiing, or summer leisure inserts.
Period detail: The dark swimsuit, simple tow rope, small water skis, and soft 8mm color may show late-1950s recreational boating culture without identifying a specific lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film view of a young person balancing while water skiing, filmed from a moving boat or shoreline angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier, tow rope, lake surface, tree-lined shore, distant hills, bright sky, film gate edges, and wake spray.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within sequences about summer vacations or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage reflects a personal record of lake-based recreation in Wisconsin during the late 1950s, with open water and wooded shoreline as the main context.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; review likeness considerations separately from copyright, and verify location or property concerns if needed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin 8mm water skiing, vintage lake recreation, mid-century summer home movie, and young person waterskiing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 lake scenes, then broader 1950s family vacation or water-sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young person water skiing on a Wisconsin lake in 1958, seen in soft 8mm color with wooded shoreline behind. — A young water skier rides across the lake with a low wake trailing behind.

The skier continues across open water, with a dark wooded shore and hazy sky in the background. — The skier moves farther from camera across calm lake water.

A soft, grainy 8mm frame shows the skier upright on the lake, with distant hills and trees beyond the water. — The water skier remains upright as the camera catches a softer distant view.

The skier rides behind a visible tow rope on a Wisconsin lake, with trees and small distant shoreline buildings behind. — A tow rope leads toward the skier as wake spreads across the lake.

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