Niagra Falls New York-1964: Guys Watching A Ship Pass By

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Guys Watching A Ship Pass By — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Niagara Falls, New York, showing a massive freighter named CASON J. CALLAWAY navigating a lock. The ship, with its brown hull and white superstructure, moves slowly alongside a concrete dock. A person's hand and shoulder are visible in the foreground, watching the vessel pass. The scene captures the industrial scale of Great Lakes shipping with authentic film grain, color fading, and a slightly tilted perspective typical of handheld Super 8 footage.

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: 120817356

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s United States home-movie footage for productions needing Great Lakes freighter, lock, harbor, or industrial waterway material from an amateur visitor perspective.
Period detail: The frame shows a large brown-hulled freighter with a white superstructure, concrete dock, simple dock lighting, and faded 8mm color that support a mid-1960s archival setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has value as an unstaged observer view, with a nearby spectator partly entering the frame while the camera watches the vessel pass at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the CASON J. CALLAWAY name on the ship, cargo hatch covers, white deck structures, concrete dock edge, waterway, dock lamp posts, and a partial spectator at frame edge.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, magenta-blue color shift, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld tilt.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, industrial travel cutaway, harbor transition, or memory beat showing the scale of a freighter passing close to viewers.
Historical context: The scene visually places leisure observation beside working maritime infrastructure, showing visitors watching commercial shipping activity from a dock or lock-side vantage point.
Research note: Human likeness and the ship name require review, and any clearance assessment should distinguish film copyright from possible publicity, trademark, vessel-identification, or location permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Great Lakes freighter, Niagara Falls New York ship lock footage, CASON J. CALLAWAY home movie, and vintage harbor dock spectators.
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 shipping, locks, docks, and industrial travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 United States 8mm frame showing the brown-hulled CASON J. CALLAWAY freighter moving beside a concrete dock, with a partial spectator visible near the camera. — Freighter passing close to the dock.

1964 United States home-movie frame of the CASON J. CALLAWAY freighter beside a dock, showing hatch covers, white deck structures, and nearby waterway. — Ship name and cargo deck visible.

1964 United States 8mm frame showing the CASON J. CALLAWAY freighter from a slightly elevated dock-side angle, with a spectator partly visible in the foreground. — Spectator watches the freighter pass.

1964 United States home-movie frame of the CASON J. CALLAWAY passing a concrete dock, with cargo hatch covers filling the foreground and a partial onlooker at the frame edge. — CASON J. CALLAWAY passes the dock.

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