Ausable Chasm New York-1964: Whitewater Winding Between Layered Rock Walls

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationAusable Chasm, New York, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Ausable Chasm, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

nature
river movement
gorge scenery
rock formations
tourism
landscape observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Elevated high angle looking down into the gorge
Setting: outdoor · Wooded rocky gorge with a narrow turbulent river channel
Time and weather: Daytime · Leaf-on season · No precipitation visible
Lighting: Natural daylight with shaded water and brighter exposed rock
People: 0 · No people visible.
Landmarks: Ausable Chasm
Objects: river channel · whitewater · foam · layered rock walls · exposed rock ledges · loose stones · leafy branches · trees
Colors: dark green · gray · pale beige · white · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Foaming rapids fill a narrow channel beside foliage and a pale rock wall.
The pan follows streaks of whitewater between leaves and exposed ledges.
A dark bend opens beside a broad pale rock shelf.
Layered cliffs span the upper view as branches partly obscure the current.

Whitewater Winding Between Layered Rock Walls — Clip Details

Ausable Chasm, New York, circa 1964 home movie footage shows turbulent water threading a narrow rocky gorge. White foam fills the channel between leafy branches on the left and pale exposed ledges on the right. A sustained elevated pan follows the water toward a darker bend beneath horizontally layered cliffs. The uninterrupted view ends with foliage partly screening the channel and its foaming current.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003286

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ausable Chasm, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports documentary and museum requests for circa 1964 New York travel scenery showing whitewater within a wooded rocky gorge.
Period detail: Muted color and visible grain support the archival film appearance, but the natural setting contains no clothing, vehicles or dated objects to narrow the filming year.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated pan records a visitor lingering over the current and rock formations, with small informal framing adjustments.
What appears in frame: Foaming current winds past pale ledges, loose stones, dark water, horizontally layered cliffs and leafy foreground branches.
Film character: Grain, soft edges, muted color, scattered specks and slight framing drift retain the texture of small-gauge film captured from projection.
Edit role: Works as a scenic cutaway or moving transition between attraction signage, waterfall views and broader travel scenes.
Historical context: The view records the gorge scenery of an attraction whose operator dates its opening to 1870, without showing visitor facilities or period-specific activity.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork are visible; underlying film copyright and any location or property permissions remain separate rights considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for Ausable Chasm rapids, circa 1964 New York travel home movies and small-gauge footage of layered gorge walls.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Ausable Chasm attraction sign and waterfall reveal, then other Ausable Chasm views from circa 1964, followed by comparable rocky-gorge whitewater.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ausable Chasm, New York, circa 1964: a high-angle view of whitewater framed by green leaves and pale rock. — White foam fills the narrow channel beside foliage and an exposed rock face.
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Streaked rapids at Ausable Chasm, New York, circa 1964, with dense foliage on the left and exposed stone on the right. — Foam traces the current between a leafy bank and pale exposed rock.
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A dark bend in Ausable Chasm, New York, circa 1964, bordered by foaming current, pale ledges and scattered greenery. — A dark bend opens beyond the rapids beside a broad exposed ledge.
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Horizontally layered cliffs above the current at Ausable Chasm, New York, circa 1964, partly framed by green branches. — Layered cliff faces span the gorge above a shaded stretch of current.
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