Niagara Falls New York USA-1964: Woman Feeding Squirrel by Lakeside

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

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Woman Feeding Squirrel by Lakeside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Niagara Falls, New York. The footage opens on a tranquil lake with a wooden dock extending into calm waters, framed by dense evergreen trees under a soft, overcast sky. A woman in a red and white striped swimsuit sits on a folding chair near a stone wall, her legs dangling as she appears to feed a squirrel. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, faded blue and purple color cast, and natural light filtering through trees. The handheld camera moves slightly, capturing candid moments of quiet leisure and nature interaction. This authentic 1960s home movie offers nostalgic Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123995730

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 productions needing a quiet lakeside leisure moment with a woman feeding a squirrel near Niagara Falls, New York.
Period detail: The striped swimsuit, folding lawn chair, stonework setting, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s vacation or lakeside recreation details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a calm lake and dock to a seated woman informally interacting with a small squirrel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, dock, evergreen shoreline, stone wall, folding chair, striped swimsuit, seated woman, and small squirrel.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, blue-purple color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, nature cutaway, vacation insert, or quiet transition within a 1960s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests informal outdoor recreation and close human-nature contact in a lakeside setting, without confirming a specific public landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: A visible adult may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any property permissions should be checked separately before commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm lake vacation, woman feeding squirrel, Niagara Falls New York home movie, dock and lakeside leisure, and 1960s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Niagara Falls or New York footage from 1964, then with broader 1960s lake vacation and wildlife interaction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame from Niagara Falls, New York, showing a calm lake, dock, trees, and distant shoreline. — A quiet lakeside view with dock and evergreen shoreline opens the home-movie scene.

1964 Niagara Falls home-movie frame with a seated woman in a striped swimsuit near stonework, appearing to feed a small squirrel. — A seated woman reaches down toward a squirrel beside a folding chair and stone wall.

Soft, underexposed 8mm frame showing stonework and shaded ground near the lakeside setting in Niagara Falls, New York. — The handheld camera passes across shaded stonework near the lakeside area.

1964 8mm frame of a woman in a striped swimsuit sitting by a stone wall as a small squirrel stands near her feet. — The squirrel remains near the woman's feet as she sits in the folding chair.

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