Niagra Falls New York US-1964: Family Boating On A Lake Day

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

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Family Boating On A Lake Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene with a small boat gliding across calm waters. A family enjoys a peaceful day on the lake, their figures visible in the distance against a backdrop of dense trees. The footage features a distinct blue color cast and classic film grain, with a wooden dock appearing briefly. The handheld camera captures the quiet nostalgia of a summer day, evoking mid-century Americana and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123995691

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 footage for documentary or editorial needs around family boating, lakeside recreation, and quiet summer leisure in upstate New York.
Period detail: The small open boat, simple dock, distant tree line, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1960s recreational lake activity without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-observer quality, watching people drift across calm water from shore rather than presenting a posed travel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small rowboat, several distant people, calm lake water, a wooden dock, wooded shoreline, pale sky, and heavy frame borders from the scan.
Film character: The footage carries blue-shifted 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders that mark it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for family vacations, lakeside quiet, boating recreation, or mid-century home-movie atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary leisure filmed from a family perspective, with people on the water and a dock suggesting casual summer recreation rather than a formal event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, likeness, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1964 8mm family boating on lake, Niagara Falls New York home movie, vintage lakeside recreation, and small boat summer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Niagara Falls or New York lake scenes, then broader family boating and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame from the Niagara Falls, New York area showing a small boat with distant people on calm lake water. — A small boat moves across still water with a wooded shoreline in the distance.

1964 lakeside home-movie frame showing a wooden dock and a small boat against a distant tree-lined shore. — A dock and small boat sit against the quiet lake and distant trees.

1964 8mm frame from a lakeside viewpoint, showing a wooden dock, nearby tree branches, calm water, and distant woods. — The camera looks past shoreline trees toward a dock extending into the lake.

1964 home-movie frame showing a small boat with distant people on calm water near a wooded shoreline in New York metadata context. — Distant figures ride in a small boat across the lake near the tree-lined shore.

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