Florida-1972: Show Water-Skier Gliding In and Stepping onto a Green Floating Dock

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Florida, United States

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What is in this clip

water-ski show
tourist attraction
spectator crowd
performance
summer leisure
American tourism
water sports

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · high angle from elevated seating across the water
Setting: outdoor · lake with a sand shore and a crowded spectator bank at a water-ski show
Time and weather: day · dry and bright
Lighting: bright daylight, flat on the water with strong highlights on the sand
People: 100 · One skier in a red top and yellow bottoms, a performer in pale clothing on the dock, a person beside a red boat on the sand, and a dense crowd of seated spectators seen at a distance.
Vehicles: small red boat
Objects: green floating dock · small red boat · low wall · buoy or float beside the dock · water skis
Colors: dark grey-blue · pink · green · red · magenta
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A skier in a red top skims in from the right, trailing white spray toward the green dock.
The spray and wake settle beside the end of the dock.
A performer in pale clothing bends at the dock edge and climbs out of the water.
The performer stands upright on the dock in front of the crowd.
The performer walks along the dock with one arm held out.

Show Water-Skier Gliding In and Stepping onto a Green... — Clip Details

Probably Florida, circa 1972 home movie footage of a water-ski show on a lake. A skier in a red top skims in from the right, throwing white spray as the run ends beside a green floating dock. A performer in pale clothing then climbs from the water at the dock's edge, stands, and walks along it with one arm held out. Filmed from an elevated seat across the water in a single handheld shot, with a small red boat on the sand shore and a dense seated crowd behind.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000441

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for early-1970s American water-ski show footage, especially a skier finishing a run at a dock in front of a large crowd, for tourism and leisure history.
Period detail: Magenta-faded reversal colour and a dense, lightly dressed crowd on an open bank may show an early-1970s ski-show attraction; no dated sign or vehicle appears.
Home-movie behavior: It is a spectator's own view from the seating, following the landing the way an audience member would rather than from a staged press position.
What appears in frame: A skier trailing spray, a green floating dock, dark rippled lake water, a pink-toned sand shore, a small red boat with a person beside it, a low wall and a hillside of seated spectators.
Film character: Heavy grain, soft distant detail and a strong magenta fade give the sand a pink cast while the green dock stays saturated, with gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a short action insert or cutaway that closes a ski act, or as a memory beat between wider shots of the show.
Historical context: Staged water-ski shows with dock landings before large seated crowds were a familiar Florida tourist draw in this period, and this clip shows one from the audience side.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and venue rights; faces are too distant to identify, the venue is unnamed, and commercial use of a show performance should be assessed.
Research search match: Vintage water ski show home movie, skier landing on floating dock, 1970s Florida lake attraction crowd, faded colour amateur film of water skiing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the ballet ski line, kite skier descent and flag pyramid from the same reel, then other early-1970s Florida attraction footage, then vintage water-sports clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Show water-skier in red skims toward a green floating dock on a lake, probably Florida, circa 1972, with spectators on the bank. — A skier in a red top comes in fast toward the green dock, spray trailing across the lake, probably Florida, circa 1972.
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Performer climbs from the lake onto a green floating dock at a water-ski show, probably Florida, circa 1972, crowd on the shore. — As the wake fades, a performer in pale clothing climbs out of the water at the end of the dock.
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Ski-show performer stands on a green floating dock before a packed lakeside crowd, probably Florida, circa 1972. — The performer stands upright on the dock in front of a hillside of spectators.
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Performer walks along a green floating dock with an arm outstretched at a lake ski show, probably Florida, circa 1972. — The performer walks back along the dock, one arm held out, as the crowd looks on.
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