Niagra Falls New York-1964: Man Canoeing On A Lake

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

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Canoeing On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a man rowing a small boat across a calm lake. The scene unfolds under a bright sky, with lush green trees lining the distant shore and a small white building visible on the hillside. The man, wearing a yellow shirt, paddles steadily, his movements creating gentle ripples on the water's surface. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color shifts, and visible film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s Americana.

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: 123995579

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s home-movie requests for quiet outdoor leisure, lake recreation, and noncommercial family-era cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, simple small boat, casual yellow clothing, and undeveloped wooded shoreline may show mid-1960s recreational travel near Niagra Falls, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its distant view of a person rowing steadily across open water while the camera observes from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small rowboat, one or more distant people in yellow, oars, rippled lake water, wooded shoreline, a pale hillside building, and dark film-gate borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through soft focus, modest color shift, visible grain, frame weave, and contact-sheet gate edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, lake cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader 1960s outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary leisure on a wooded lake, with no visible signage or landmark detail confirming a specific attraction beyond the supplied location metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos or readable property identifiers are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm lake boating, Niagra Falls New York home movie, man rowing small boat, and 1960s family travel lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Niagra Falls or New York outdoor footage, then broader 1960s boating and lakeside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame near Niagra Falls showing a small boat on a calm lake with distant people and a wooded shoreline. — A small boat moves across the lake below a wooded hillside and pale shore building.

1964 Niagra Falls-area lake scene with a small rowboat, distant people in yellow, oars, rippled water, and forested shore. — Distant boaters row across open water in front of a wooded shoreline.

1964 8mm frame of distant boaters rowing on a lake near Niagra Falls, with trees along the shore and visible film marks. — The boat sits low on the water as the oars extend toward the right side of the frame.

1964 home-movie still from Niagra Falls, New York, showing distant people in a small boat rowing across a calm wooded lake. — A small boat continues across the lake with dense trees filling the background.

Visually Similar Clips