Niagra Falls New York-1964: Men In Motorboat Near Robert Moses Power Dam

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Men In Motorboat Near Robert Moses Power Dam — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1964 captures two men in a small motorboat on the water near Niagara Falls, New York. One man in a red jacket sits at the bow while another in a dark jacket steers, with a white outboard motor powering the aluminum boat. The scene has a nostalgic, grainy quality with rich blue water and a high-angle perspective. The clip transitions to a close-up of the Robert Moses Power Dam plaque, showing gold lettering and decorative emblems on a stone wall, capturing a moment of mid-century American infrastructure and leisure.

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: 120817485

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie views of boating near Niagara Falls and a cutaway to Robert Moses Power Dam signage.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and the visible Robert Moses Power Dam plaque support a mid-1960s infrastructure-and-tourism context, with the 1964 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing two adults in a small motorboat before turning to a nearby public plaque as a travel record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an aluminum motorboat, two adult men, dark blue water, a white outboard motor, stone plaque surfaces, gold lettering, and decorative emblems.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing across the boat and plaque views.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, location transition, or memory beat linking leisure boating with mid-century hydroelectric infrastructure.
Historical context: The images place recreational water travel beside a named power-dam marker, suggesting how visitors recorded both landscape and civic infrastructure in personal films.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail, and the Robert Moses Power Dam name and plaque design should be reviewed separately for copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-use considerations.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1964 Niagara Falls 8mm motorboat footage, Robert Moses Power Dam plaque home movie, and 1960s New York water recreation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Niagara Falls or Robert Moses Power Dam material, then with broader 1960s boating and public-infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1964 home-movie view of two adult men in an aluminum motorboat on the water near Niagara Falls, New York, with a white outboard motor at the stern. — Two men ride in a small motorboat on the water.

Close view of a stone plaque reading Robert Moses Power Dam, with gold lettering and two decorative emblems visible in a 1964 home-movie frame. — Robert Moses Power Dam plaque with gold emblems.

Home-movie close-up of the Robert Moses Power Dam plaque, showing gold letters across stone and two raised decorative emblems below. — Plaque details for Robert Moses Power Dam.

Close 8mm frame of the Robert Moses Power Dam plaque, with the name partly visible above two gold-toned emblems on a stone wall. — Gold emblems beneath Robert Moses Power Dam lettering.

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