Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Kynesia Restaurant And Visitors At World's Fair

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationFlushing Meadows, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Kynesia Restaurant And Visitors At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched scene at the World's Fair. The camera pans across manicured lawns with yellow flowerbeds and thin trees, revealing a bustling fairground with visitors strolling past colorful pavilions. A prominent building with a yellow roof and red flags displays the sign 'KYNESIA RESTAURANT'. The footage shows classic mid-century Americana with period clothing and a nostalgic, grainy aesthetic typical of Super 8 home movies.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124937979

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Flushing Meadows, 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 World's Fair establishing material, especially editorial sequences needing visitor-shot views of Flushing Meadows fairgrounds and dining pavilions.
Period detail: The red flags, low pavilion architecture, formal flowerbeds, and visible KYNESIA RESTAURANT sign support a 1964 New York World's Fair setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, holding on lawns, trees, signage, and small groups moving through the fairground rather than posed subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow flowerbeds, trimmed lawns, thin trees, red flags, pavilion roofs, restaurant signage, walkways, and fair visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of amateur color home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or location cutaway for mid-century fair attendance, public leisure, or World's Fair atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene documents public fairground circulation around a restaurant pavilion, with visitors moving through landscaped outdoor spaces in daylight.
Research note: People and a visible restaurant sign require review for likeness, trademark, and contextual use, separate from any copyright status of the film scan.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair home movie, Flushing Meadows fair visitors, Kynesia Restaurant sign, and 8mm fairground footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair material, then broader 1960s public-exposition and visitor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows fairground view with trimmed grass, yellow flowers, trees, visitors, and pavilion structures near the Kynesia Restaurant area. — Visitors move beyond landscaped lawns and flowerbeds near fairground pavilions.

1964 World's Fair view at Flushing Meadows with flowerbeds, trees, red flags, visitors, and pavilion buildings behind the walkway. — A visitor-shot view frames the fairground landscaping and pavilion activity.

The Kynesia Restaurant pavilion appears behind trees and yellow flowerbeds, with red flags overhead and visitors gathered along the walkway. — The camera moves closer to the restaurant pavilion and red flags.

1964 Flushing Meadows view of the Kynesia Restaurant frontage, with red flags, trees, strolling visitors, and yellow flowerbeds in the foreground. — Visitors pass the Kynesia Restaurant frontage within the World's Fair grounds.

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