Niagara Falls New York-1971: Adult and Child Pose Beside a River and Wave

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationNiagara Falls, New York, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Niagara Falls, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1971 · Niagara Falls State Park & Niagara Falls · Reel 6739e53c contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

sightseeing
companionship
amateur photography
travel memories
childhood
posing for the camera
riverside recreation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, facing the subjects across the riverbank
Setting: outdoor · Rocky riverbank with open water and a wooded opposite shore
Time and weather: daytime · Undetermined · Dry with direct sunlight
Lighting: Natural sunlight with pronounced facial shadows
People: 2 · An adult man with receding dark hair wears a red collared top, plaid trousers and a shoulder bag while holding a brimmed hat; a child with dark bobbed hair and eyeglasses wears a red sweater and carries a camera on a neck strap.
Objects: camera · camera neck strap · brimmed hat · shoulder bag · eyeglasses · plaid trousers · rocks · river · trees
Colors: red · blue-green · gray · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The adult reaches toward the child while holding a brimmed hat.
They pose together with the adult's arm around the child's shoulders.
They turn toward each other and exchange looks and gestures.
The adult looks toward the filmmaker as the child holds the camera.
The child smiles and raises an arm to wave.

Adult and Child Pose Beside a River and Wave — Clip Details

Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1971 home movie footage shows an adult man and a child standing on a rocky bank beside the Niagara River. Both wear red tops, and the child holds a camera while the man holds a brimmed hat and rests an arm around the child's shoulders. They turn toward each other, exchange looks and gesture before the child waves toward the filmmaker. One continuous medium shot keeps the water and wooded opposite bank behind them.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004868

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$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 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: Niagara Falls, 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: This circa 1971 visitor portrait supports documentary requests for Niagara sightseeing, childhood and everyday travel behavior.
Period detail: The red collared knit top, plaid trousers, bobbed hairstyle, eyeglasses and camera equipment support an early 1970s appearance.
Home-movie behavior: A brief shoulder embrace gives way to exchanged looks, small gestures and the child's smiling wave toward the filmmaker.
What appears in frame: An adult holds a brimmed hat beside a child carrying a camera, with red clothing, shoreline rocks, river water and distant trees visible.
Film character: Grain, soft detail, a blue-green cast, vertical marks and slight framing movement give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the opening pose as a personal cutaway and the closing wave as a short memory beat between wider sightseeing views.
Historical context: The carried camera and deliberate pose show visitors recording an outing through still photography and home movies.
Research note: Two recognizable people, including a child, are visible; film copyright permission is separate from likeness permissions, and no readable brands or identifiable private premises appear.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1971 Niagara visitors, a child waving, riverside posing and silent small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Niagara observation tower, Power Vista, Old Fort Niagara and sightseeing car shots, then Niagara views from circa 1971 and other adult-and-child travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Niagara Falls, circa 1971: an adult holding a hat poses with an arm around a child carrying a camera beside the Niagara River. — The adult and child pose together, with the river and rocky opposite shore behind them.
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Beside the Niagara River at Niagara Falls, circa 1971, an adult leans toward a smiling child holding a camera. — The pair turn toward one another while the adult gestures with a hand.
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Niagara Falls, circa 1971: the adult faces the filmmaker while the child looks sideways, holding a camera against a red sweater. — The adult looks toward the filmmaker as the child remains turned to the side.
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A child smiles and waves beside an adult on the Niagara River bank at Niagara Falls, circa 1971. — The child raises an arm toward the filmmaker at the end of the shot.
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