Niagra Falls New York-1964: A Large Freight Ship Navigates A Lock System

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Large Freight Ship Navigates A Lock System — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures the Cason J. Callaway, a large brown and white freighter, navigating a lock system in Niagara Falls, New York. The ship's name is clearly visible on the hull as it moves through the waterway, with a covered lifeboat and deck equipment in view. The scene is framed by the dark edges of the camera, showing the film's grain and color degradation typical of home movie footage. The surrounding landscape features flat green fields and distant structures under an overcast sky, conveying a nostalgic industrial moment from the mid-20th century.

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: 120817325

Rights & Clearance

$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: This 1960s 8mm clip helps solve requests for documentary or educational footage of Great Lakes freight shipping, lock navigation, and mid-century industrial waterways in the Niagara Falls, New York area.
Period detail: The visible brown-and-white freighter, covered lifeboat, deck fittings, lock walls, and soft color 8mm rendering support a 1964 industrial travel-film context without requiring unsupported claims beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from above the lock, watching the Cason J. Callaway pass below with the camera framed by dark film-gate edges.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Cason J. Callaway name on the hull, a large freighter bow and deck, a covered lifeboat, lock water, concrete lock edges, railings, flat green land, and distant low structures.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, handheld framing, and dark 8mm frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief industrial cutaway, transportation insert, waterway transition, or memory beat within a sequence about shipping, locks, tourism, or regional infrastructure.
Historical context: The scene visually places a working freighter in a lock setting, showing mid-century water transport and industrial infrastructure from a civilian home-movie vantage point.
Research note: The ship name is visible and people may be present on deck or near the lock, so review should consider vessel identification, possible trademarks or markings, and likeness issues separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Relevant searches may include 1964 8mm freighter in lock, Cason J. Callaway home movie, Niagara Falls New York shipping footage, Great Lakes cargo ship, and vintage industrial waterway film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Niagara Falls or 1964 travel footage, and finally with broader archive material on ships, locks, docks, rivers, and industrial transportation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame from Niagara Falls, New York showing the Cason J. Callaway freighter close to a lock wall, with deck equipment, a covered lifeboat, water, and flat land beyond. — Cason J. Callaway freighter seen from above in a lock.

The Cason J. Callaway appears alongside the lock in this 1964 Niagara Falls, New York home-movie frame, with its hull lettering, upper deck, lifeboat cover, and lock structure visible. — Freighter hull and lock structure during passage.

Close 8mm view of the Cason J. Callaway freighter in the lock, with the ship name partly readable, deck railings, a covered lifeboat, water, and green land beyond the lock. — Close pass of the freighter inside the lock.

The freighter continues through the Niagara Falls, New York lock in a soft 1964 8mm frame, with partial Cason J. Callaway lettering, lock water, concrete margins, and distant flat terrain visible. — Freighter continues through the lock channel.

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