Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA-1964: Boat Passing Through Dam Lock Viewed Through Chain-Link Fence

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Pennsylvania

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Boat Passing Through Dam Lock Viewed Through Chain-Link... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing a large boat passing through a massive lock system at a dam or canal. The scene is viewed through a chain-link fence, creating a layered, voyeuristic perspective. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, color fading with a purple-blue tint, and visible grain. A prominent white and blue boat with a circular logo moves slowly through the waterway, framed by concrete structures and industrial infrastructure. The footage captures a moment of mid-century transportation and engineering, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical documentation.

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: 120924471

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: 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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 archival requests needing 1960s Philadelphia-area transportation, waterways, dam or lock infrastructure, and industrial cutaway footage from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The visible concrete lock structures, chain-link barrier, painted railings, and mid-century vessel appearance support the 1964 home-movie context supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming from behind a public barrier as a boat moves slowly through a lock or canal system.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chain-link fence in the foreground, a white and blue boat with a circular logo, concrete lock walls, water, railings, industrial structures, and low hills beyond the facility.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight frame-edge wear, handheld framing, and a purple-blue color shift typical of aged home-movie film stock.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an industrial waterway insert, transportation cutaway, archival transition, or quiet observational beat within a mid-century urban infrastructure sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday attention to waterways and engineered transport systems without showing workers, passengers, or identifiable private activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but the vessel logo or markings should be reviewed separately because copyright, trademark, and property considerations are distinct from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Researchers may find this clip through searches for 1964 8mm Philadelphia boat lock footage, dam canal home movie, chain-link fence waterway view, or vintage industrial transportation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Philadelphia or Pennsylvania waterway footage, and then with broader archive material on boats, locks, dams, bridges, and mid-century transportation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Philadelphia home-movie frame showing a white and blue boat in a concrete lock or canal system, viewed through a chain-link fence. — Boat seen through fence at the lock.

1964 Philadelphia waterway footage frame with a vessel passing concrete lock infrastructure while foreground fence links dominate the view. — Vessel passing concrete lock structures.

A closer 1964 Philadelphia frame shows the boat's cabin and hull passing through the lock, with fence links and a large pipe or rail in the foreground. — Closer fenced view of the boat.

Final frame from the 1964 Philadelphia clip showing the white and blue boat aligned with concrete lock walls, partially obscured by chain-link fencing. — Boat partly obscured by fence links.

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