Flushing Meadows New York-1964: 1964 World's Fair with State Pavilion and Fountain

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

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1964 World's Fair with State Pavilion and Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures the 1964 World's Fair. The footage shows the iconic New York State Pavilion with its distinctive geodesic dome and the large fountain in the foreground. People stroll through the fairgrounds on a sunny day, with trees and classic mid-century architecture visible. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of an 8mm home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a historic American event.

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: 124938079

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: Supports requests for 1960s New York World's Fair home-movie footage showing fairground architecture, fountains, and visitor activity for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century fairground buildings, fountain landscaping, and the New York State Pavilion area, consistent with the supplied 1964 Flushing Meadows metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip offers a visitor-shot perspective, with brief handheld views of fair structures, people walking, and fountain activity rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include fairground buildings, tree-lined walkways, visitors, signs, a large fountain, landscaped plantings, and pavilion-like architecture.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge shadows, and mild color fading that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, fairground cutaway, transition beat, or memory detail within a 1960s New York sequence.
Historical context: The footage situates visitors among modern fair architecture and public water features, showing the event as experienced from pedestrian ground level.
Research note: People and possible signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows fairgrounds, New York State Pavilion, and vintage fountain scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel World's Fair shots, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader 1960s fairground and public fountain footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows fairground view with a sign, trees, visitors, and a mid-century building partly obscured by the film frame. — Visitors move near a sign and trees beside a fairground building.

1964 World's Fair grounds at Flushing Meadows with a low modern building, trees, lawn, and visitors walking or standing nearby. — A low fair building and visitors appear beyond a tree-lined lawn.

Large fountain at the 1964 Flushing Meadows fairgrounds, with water spray, plantings, visitors, and distant pavilion-like structures. — A fountain sprays high above landscaping on the fairgrounds.

1964 Flushing Meadows fountain view with water jets, landscaped plantings, pedestrians, and distant fair architecture under an 8mm frame shadow. — Water jets rise beside fairground plantings with visitors and architecture in the distance.

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