Niagra Falls New York-1964: Two People Rowing a Boat on a Lake

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNiagra Falls, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Two People Rowing a Boat on a Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures two people in a small rowboat gliding across a calm lake. The pair, wearing bright yellow shirts, paddle steadily through the water, creating gentle ripples. The shoreline features a dense forest of green trees and a small white cabin nestled on a sandy bank. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American summer. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or viewfinder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123995574

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Niagra Falls, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm home-movie lake boating footage for documentary inserts about leisure travel, summer recreation, or family vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The bright casual clothing, small rowboat, wooded shoreline, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1960s recreational boating near the credited Niagra Falls, New York area.
Home-movie behavior: Two people row steadily across calm water in an unstaged home-movie view, with the camera holding them at a distance from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small dark rowboat, two people in yellow tops, oars, lake ripples, a wooded bank, a pale shoreline building, and dark scan borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and minor dirt marks from the physical film scan.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet cutaway, travel-memory insert, seasonal transition, or reflective beat around lakeside recreation.
Historical context: The scene documents casual mid-century leisure boating from a visitor or family perspective without identifying the people or the exact body of water.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s 8mm lake boating, vintage home movie rowboat, New York vacation lake, and two people rowing on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Niagra Falls, New York material, then broader 1960s boating and lakeside travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame of two people rowing a small boat on a lake near the credited Niagra Falls, New York area. — Two people row across the lake with trees and a small shore building in the background.

Two people in yellow tops row a dark boat across a lake in this 1964 8mm frame from the credited Niagra Falls, New York footage. — The rowboat sits mid-frame on open water, with dense trees and a pale shoreline structure behind it.

A distant 1964 8mm view shows two people rowing a small boat across calm lake water near a wooded shoreline. — The boat passes left of center as the wooded bank and pale structure remain in the background.

The 1964 home-movie frame shows two people in a small rowboat on a lake, with trees and a pale shoreline building behind them. — Two boaters move across the water near the lower edge of the frame, backed by a dense green shoreline.

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