Niagara Falls New York USA-1964: Dock and Buoy on Calm Lake

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

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Dock and Buoy on Calm Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake scene with a calm water surface and a distant tree-lined shore. The footage exhibits a distinct blue color cast and visible film grain, with slight camera movement revealing a small dock and a buoy. The tranquil atmosphere evokes nostalgia for mid-century American leisure, with the frame edges showing the characteristic borders of Super 8 film. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s Americana.

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: 123995725

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Useful for 1960s home-movie requests needing a quiet lakeside cutaway from Niagara Falls, New York, for documentary, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century leisure surroundings through an undeveloped tree-lined shore, simple dock, buoy, and handheld 8mm framing rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the lake from a casual visitor or family viewpoint, holding on water, shoreline, dock, and trees without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, distant wooded shoreline, pale sky, small buoy, dock or pier, lakeside trees, frame borders, and dark film-gate divisions.
Film character: The footage carries a blue color cast, soft 8mm grain, slight handheld movement, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat between more active 1960s travel footage.
Historical context: The clip reflects a modest outdoor recreation view from 1964, emphasizing lake scenery and family-film observation rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location context, and any property implications should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Searches likely to match include 1964 8mm lake scene, Niagara Falls New York home movie, 1960s lakeside dock, vintage calm water cutaway, and blue-cast family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Niagara Falls area footage, then broader 1960s lakeside travel and quiet nature cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame from the Niagara Falls, New York metadata showing calm lake water, distant trees, pale sky, and a small buoy. — A quiet lake view holds on still water, a far tree line, and a small buoy under a pale sky.

Blue-cast 1964 8mm frame showing a calm lake, wooded far shore, small buoy, and dark vertical frame divisions. — The lake remains still as the far shoreline and buoy appear between dark film-frame borders.

1964 Niagara Falls, New York home-movie frame showing a small dock, lakeside trees, calm water, and distant wooded shore. — A small dock comes into view near the trees, set against calm water and a low wooded horizon.

Blue-toned 1964 8mm frame showing a lakeside dock, dense trees, calm water, and distant shore in the Niagara Falls, New York metadata. — The final frame settles on the dock and shoreline trees, with calm lake water filling the foreground.

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