Niagra Falls New York-1964: Boat: Cason J. Callaway Aaa Class Vessel

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$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Boat: Cason J — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 shows the Cason J. Callaway, an AAA-class iron ore vessel, inside a massive lock on the Great Lakes. The high-angle view captures the ship's red deck, a long white crane arm, and workers in period attire. The grainy, color-bleached film has a distinct retro aesthetic, with visible film grain and soft focus, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century Great Lakes transportation and industrial operations.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120817187

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1960s 8mm clip supports editorial or documentary requests for mid-century Great Lakes shipping, lock operations, and industrial vessel deck activity.
Period detail: The footage may show 1964-era maritime infrastructure through the red-painted vessel deck, long white crane or boom, work clothing, ladders, and high concrete or steel lock walls.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-like high-angle observation of working shipboard activity, with the camera watching crew members and deck details from above rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red ship deck, a long white boom or crane arm, two workers, ladders, deck fittings, coiled lines or equipment, a cart-like object, and tall lock walls.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color shift, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that give it a direct home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief industrial cutaway, transportation insert, lock-operation transition, or memory beat within a Great Lakes shipping sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a large iron ore vessel inside a confined lock or canal structure, emphasizing mid-century industrial scale and manual deck work without proving a specific operation beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, vessel identification, and location claims should be checked separately from any property or trademark concerns.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches might include 1960s 8mm Great Lakes iron ore vessel, Cason J. Callaway deck footage, ship in lock home movie, and mid-century maritime transportation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Niagara Falls or Great Lakes lock footage, and finally with broader mid-century shipping, iron ore, or industrial transportation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1960s 8mm view of the Cason J. Callaway deck inside a Great Lakes lock, showing a red deck, white boom, a worker, ladders, and tall walls. — Red vessel deck and white boom seen from above inside the lock.

High-angle 1960s 8mm frame of the vessel deck in a lock, with two distant people, a white boom, deck equipment, a ladder, and vertical wall panels. — Two distant figures stand near the boom and ladder on the vessel deck.

The 1960s home-movie frame shows the red deck of the Cason J. Callaway from above, with a white boom crossing the frame, a distant worker, ladder, and industrial lock wall. — White boom crosses the red deck as a worker stands nearby.

A high-angle 8mm frame shows the vessel deck and tall lock wall from above, with a white structural element, red deck sections, and a blue rail or edge in the foreground. — Deck and lock wall pass beneath the camera at the end of the shot.

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