Niagra Falls New York-1964: Boat At Dock

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boat At Dock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures the Cason J. Callaway freighter docked at a port in Niagara Falls, New York. The clip shows the large brown cargo vessel alongside a concrete pier, with its white superstructure and deck equipment visible. The perspective is from a nearby vantage point, possibly a boat or observation deck, with a person partially visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel of mid-century American transportation and industrial waterfront activity.

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: 120817362

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1960s editorial requests for Great Lakes shipping, industrial waterfronts, docked freighters, or visitor-shot transportation cutaways in archival productions.
Period detail: The footage shows a mid-century cargo vessel with painted hull lettering, a concrete pier, simple dock buildings, and shipboard railings consistent with the 1964 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the docked freighter and nearby deck structures from an informal visitor vantage point, with partial bystanders at the frame edge reinforcing an unstaged home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Cason J. Callaway freighter, a concrete dock, white ship superstructure, open cargo hatches, deck railings, ropes or cables, a gangway-like structure, and low waterfront buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, frame-edge darkness, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, industrial travel cutaway, waterfront establishing detail, or memory beat within a sequence about shipping, tourism, or mid-century transportation.
Historical context: The scene documents a large working freighter at dock as seen by a civilian camera, placing industrial maritime activity within an everyday travel or sightseeing context.
Research note: Human review should note visible partial people and the identifiable vessel name, with separate consideration for copyright, likeness, trademark or vessel-name use, and any location permissions needed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1964 8mm freighter at dock, Cason J. Callaway home movie, Niagara Falls New York waterfront footage, Great Lakes cargo ship, and vintage industrial harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then with 1964 Niagara Falls or New York travel footage, and then with broader 1960s dock, freighter, shipping, and waterfront transportation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame of the Cason J. Callaway freighter docked beside a concrete pier, with open cargo hatches, white superstructure, water in the background, and a partial bystander at frame left. — Cason J. Callaway freighter alongside the dock.

1964 8mm frame looking across shipboard railings, ropes, and deck equipment toward low dockside buildings near the waterfront. — Deck railings and dockside structures from a visitor viewpoint.

1964 home-movie frame showing deck railings, cable lines, a small ladder or gangway element, and a low dockside building beyond the vessel. — Dockside deck equipment and waterfront building.

1964 8mm frame of shipboard railings, cables, a deck hatch, and waterfront structures, with a partial person visible along the right edge of the frame. — Shipboard railings and deck detail with a partial bystander.

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