Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Chinese Pavilion 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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Chinese Pavilion At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this clip captures a traditional Chinese-style pavilion with ornate tiled roofs, red pillars, and decorative eaves. The camera pans slowly across the structure, revealing its multi-tiered design and intricate architectural details. Yellow umbrellas are visible on a lower terrace, suggesting a cultural exhibit. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, offering authentic archival footage of the 1964 World's Fair. This historic, nostalgic clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124938006

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s archival footage for productions needing a visitor-shot view of the Chinese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair site.
Period detail: The ornate tiled roofs, red columns, terrace railings, and umbrellas may show mid-1960s World's Fair pavilion architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor's handheld viewpoint, observing the pavilion from outside rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered tiled roofs, red pillars, balcony railings, decorative eaves, a vertical pole, terrace umbrellas, and pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and handheld framing typical of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, cultural exhibit cutaway, or brief transition within 1960s World's Fair material.
Historical context: The footage visually documents public-facing exhibition architecture and visitor-era sightseeing at Flushing Meadows without showing identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright and any site or architectural permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 New York World's Fair Chinese Pavilion 8mm footage and Flushing Meadows pavilion home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fair footage, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows views, then broader World's Fair architecture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows footage showing the upper levels of a Chinese-style pavilion with tiled roofs, red pillars, and decorative eaves. — Upper pavilion levels with ornate roof tiles and balcony railings.

Chinese-style pavilion corner at the 1964 Flushing Meadows fair site, framed through 8mm film with a vertical pole crossing the view. — Pavilion corner, upper balcony, and vertical pole in the foreground.

1964 Flushing Meadows view of the pavilion's lower facade with red pillars, layered tiled eaves, and yellow terrace umbrellas. — Lower pavilion facade with shaded terrace umbrellas beneath tiled eaves.

Chinese-style pavilion at the 1964 Flushing Meadows fair site, showing terrace umbrellas below decorated eaves and a foreground pole. — Terrace umbrellas and pavilion eaves seen from a visitor's handheld viewpoint.

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