Niagara Falls New York-1964: Freighter Through Lock Gates

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Freighter Through Lock Gates — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures a large freighter navigating through the locks at Niagara Falls, New York. The ship, with a white superstructure and red hull, moves slowly through the industrial canal system, passing a control building and concrete lock gates. A person in period clothing leans over a green grated platform, observing the vessel. The scene features classic mid-century industrial architecture, grassy embankments, and a slightly overcast sky, all rendered in the warm, grainy aesthetic of 8mm home movie film. The footage offers a nostalgic look at mid-20th century maritime transportation and engineering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Slow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120817148

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: 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

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: Archival 1960s 8mm footage suited to documentary or educational requests for mid-century maritime lock operations and industrial canal infrastructure in Niagara Falls, New York.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century industrial architecture, a freighter with a red hull and white superstructure, concrete lock walls, and a spectator in period clothing, consistent with the supplied 1964 date.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie viewpoint observes the ship from an elevated visitor or work platform, including a bystander leaning over the green grating as the vessel passes through the lock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large freighter, concrete lock gates, a tan control building, grassy embankments, dockside railings, red deck markings, overhead lamps, and a green grated platform.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, handheld framing, and contact-print texture that support its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this clip as an industrial transportation insert, a transition into Great Lakes or canal infrastructure, or a short cutaway showing a vessel moving through a lock.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-20th-century engineered waterways, with ship traffic, control structures, and public or worker observation captured from an informal vantage point.
Research note: Human likeness review is advised because a person is visible at the platform edge, while no readable logos, audible music, or clear private-property identifiers are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm Niagara Falls New York lock footage, freighter entering dock, vintage canal ship, industrial waterway home movie, and mid-century maritime infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Niagara Falls or New York footage from 1964, and then with broader 1960s industrial canal, shipping, or dock-operation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Niagara Falls, New York 8mm frame showing a red-hulled freighter moving through a concrete lock beside a tan control building and grassy embankment. — Freighter approaches the lock structure.

1964 Niagara Falls, New York frame of a freighter passing through a lock channel while a person leans over a green grated platform in the foreground. — Observer watches the vessel in the lock.

1964 Niagara Falls, New York 8mm frame showing the freighter lower in the lock channel as an observer leans over the green platform at the right edge. — Ship passes beneath the viewing platform.

1964 Niagara Falls, New York frame of a freighter moving through the lock beside concrete walls, red deck markings, a green platform, and a small yellow object in the foreground. — Freighter continues through the lock.

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