Niagra Falls New York-1964: Boat Squeezing Through Canal Lock

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Boat Squeezing Through Canal Lock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures a white tugboat navigating a narrow canal lock at Niagara Falls, New York. The boat, with its prominent pilothouse and red life preservers, is seen from a high vantage point as it carefully maneuvers through the tight concrete channel. The grainy, color-bleached film stock and visible film edges evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. A person in a blue shirt briefly appears in the foreground, adding a human element to the industrial scene. The clip documents a tense moment of maritime transport, showcasing mid-century engineering and transportation.

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: 120817216

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: 1960s 8mm footage of a tugboat negotiating a tight canal lock supports documentary or educational edits about inland waterways, industrial transport, and visitor-observed maritime movement near Niagara Falls, New York.
Period detail: The white tugboat, concrete lock walls, simple railings, red life rings, and color home-movie stock appear consistent with mid-1960s amateur travel footage, with the 1964 date supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated, slightly obstructed viewpoint and brief foreground figure suggest a visitor filming an unscripted moment as the boat passes through the lock below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white tugboat, pilothouse windows, red life preservers, concrete lock walls, lock gates, railings, small people on the upper walkway, and a dark foreground obstruction.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that give the maritime scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or transition beat for mid-century canal operations, industrial travel, or a near-fit maritime maneuver.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a small working vessel moving through engineered lock infrastructure as observed from a public or elevated vantage point, without confirming the exact lock name from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and a foreground person briefly appears, so likeness review may be needed even though no readable brands or private interiors are visible; copyright and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful researcher phrases include 1964 8mm tugboat in canal lock, Niagara Falls New York boat lock home movie, vintage inland waterway transport, and white tugboat squeezing through concrete channel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Niagara Falls or New York 1964 travel footage, and then with broader canal, lock, tugboat, or industrial transport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 home-movie frame from Niagara Falls, New York, showing a white tugboat with pilothouse windows and red life rings moving beside concrete lock walls. — White tugboat entering the narrow lock area.

Elevated 1964 Niagara Falls, New York view of the tugboat in the lock, partly obscured by a blue foreground figure or clothing near the camera. — Foreground obstruction crosses the tugboat view.

1964 home-movie frame showing the tugboat low in a concrete lock channel while small figures stand along the upper walkway near the lock gate. — Boat deck passes below the lock gate.

Niagara Falls, New York, 1964 frame showing the tugboat squeezed along the lock wall beneath a gate and walkway, with distant people visible above. — Tugboat continues through the tight concrete lock.

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