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Niagara Falls New York USA 1937 stock footage and images

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George L Stathakis smothers to death plunging over Niagara Falls in a barrel with his pet 150 year old turtle. Turtle lives.

Men gather at the bank of Niagara river. George L Stathakis enters a large, customized barrel along with his small pet turtle. The lid of the barrel is tightly closed. The barrel is then released in the river close to the Niagara Falls waterfall. Barrel moves in the water and enters the water fall. It drops down along the falls. After crossing the waterfall the barrel is taken out to the river bank. George Stathakis does not emerge. He has died, smothered in the barrel during the stunt. A man takes out the 150 year old turtle from the barrel and shows it to the crowd. It is unharmed.

Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023811
Tons of rock hurtle down over the trolley route and halts traffic in the Niagara Falls, New York.

Slide blocks gorge tracks in the Niagara Falls, New York. Tons of rock hurtle down over the trolley route and halts traffic. Men work around rocks.

Date: 1935, September 23
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060552
A cold wave leads to freezing of Niagara Falls in North America and an ice bridge builds up in the gorge.

The Niagara Falls freezes due to cold wave. Women and children look at the Niagara Falls which has frozen due to a cold wave. Ice accumulates against the wall. Ice floats in water. Ice walls hang from the rocks. A 30 feet thick bridge of ice at the bottom of the gorge.

Date: 1959, January 8
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042278
A sheath of ice formed by the spray of the Niagara Falls

A sheath of ice formed by the spray of the Niagara Falls due to extremely cold temperature in winter. Frozen blocks jam the Niagara River. A bird sits on the snow. A view of the snow covered trees.

Date: 1936, January 22
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041282
Flow of Niagara Falls waterfall is altered following collapse of rock shelf between Prospect Point and Luna Island

Images of Niagara Falls and surrounding land shortly after the collapse of a rock shelf between Prospect Point and Luna Island. The collapse altered the contour of the falls for the first time in centuries. A cavity 150 feet wide has opened in the rim of the falls. Ice formations seen near the falls flowing water and encrusted on the viewing platforms. Two men seen standing near the falls.

Date: 1931, January 22
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023946
The Niagara Falls and men standing near signal lights in New York, United States.

A film on U.S. electric power resources. The Niagara Falls in New York, United States. View of the waterfalls. Day views and night views of the waterfall. Men standing near signal lights. Lights being flashed.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050967