Niagra Falls New York-1964: Ship Squeezes Into Tight Lock With Careful Maneuver

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ship Squeezes Into Tight Lock With Careful Maneuver — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures a large white and red freighter navigating a tight lock system at Niagara Falls, New York. The ship, identified as the CASON J. CALHOUN, maneuvers carefully through the narrow passage, its bow pressing against the concrete lock walls. The grainy, slightly faded color of the Super 8 film highlights the era's home movie aesthetic, with visible film scratches and a dark vignette framing the shot. The sequence shows the vessel's precise positioning within the lock chamber, emphasizing the skill required for such a maneuver.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120817163

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$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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing a Great Lakes-era freighter maneuvering through a tight lock at Niagara Falls, New York.
Period detail: The white-and-red freighter, concrete lock wall, deck railings, lifeboats, and faded color 8mm stock support a mid-1960s industrial waterway setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot vantage from above the lock, lingering on the ship's careful movement rather than staging a formal maritime portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the freighter's bow and bridge, concrete lock walls, deck railings, red lifeboats, dockside structures, a roadway, grassy embankment, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie film texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, frame-edge vignetting, and minor handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or cutaway for canal navigation, lock operations, industrial travel, or mid-century water transport.
Historical context: The frames show a large commercial vessel being guided through a narrow engineered waterway, emphasizing scale, confinement, and maritime infrastructure without proving a specific voyage or event.
Research note: Human review should verify the vessel identification and any visible markings or logos, with separate consideration for copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-related permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Niagara Falls lock footage, 8mm freighter in canal lock, vintage ship maneuvering through lock, and home movie industrial waterway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Niagara Falls or New York waterway footage, then broader 1960s ship, canal, dock, and harbor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame from Niagara Falls, New York, showing a white-and-red freighter near a lock wall with dockside structures, a road, and open grass beyond. — Freighter approaches the lock area beside dock structures.

Close 1964 Niagara Falls lock view of the freighter's white bow and red hull positioned tightly against the concrete chamber wall. — Bow of the freighter fits closely inside the lock.

The freighter's bridge, bow railings, and portholes fill the frame as the vessel sits tightly within the Niagara Falls lock chamber in 1964 home-movie footage. — Bridge and bow fill the narrow lock view.

1964 8mm frame of the freighter's bridge and upper deck, with red lifeboats and railings visible as the ship remains close to the concrete lock wall. — Upper deck and bridge pass close to the lock wall.

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