Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Street Band Performs In Historic Alleyway

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

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Street Band Performs In Historic Alleyway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a lively street scene at Flushing Meadows, New York. The footage shows a narrow alleyway with historic stone and timber buildings, string lights overhead, and a small band performing in front of a white brick building. Musicians play an accordion, trombone, and double bass, entertaining a small crowd. Colorful banners hang from the building, adding to the festive atmosphere of this archival slice of mid-century Americana.

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: 124938146

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: Yes

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing visitor-shot World's Fair street entertainment, period-costumed musicians, or festive public-space cutaways in New York.
Period detail: Stone and timber-style facades, hanging banners, string lights, and folk-style musician clothing may show a themed historic village setting within the 1964 Flushing Meadows fairgrounds.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on musicians and nearby spectators rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a narrow alley, faux-historic facades, hanging banners, string lights, musicians with accordion, horn and upright bass, and a small watching crowd.
Film character: The 8mm color footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that fit a mid-century home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for public entertainment, fairground atmosphere, or tourist observation in the 1960s.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public leisure setting where visitors watch live musicians against stylized historic architecture, with context supported by the clip metadata.
Research note: Human faces, visible signage or decorative marks, and audible music warrant review for likeness, trademark or design context, and music rights separate from film copyright.
Research search match: Searches this may answer include 1964 Flushing Meadows street band, 8mm World's Fair musicians, accordion and upright bass performance, and vintage fairground alley footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows footage, then broader 1960s fairground, street music, or tourist home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame showing a narrow themed alley with historic-style facades and overhead string lights. — A visitor view down a narrow themed alley with stone walls, timber trim, and string lights.

1964 Flushing Meadows frame showing period-costumed street musicians with accordion, upright bass, and horn before a white stone facade. — A small street band performs in front of a white stone building as visitors watch nearby.

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame of musicians performing beneath colorful banners on a historic-style facade. — The band is framed below hanging banners and tall windows on the fairground-style building.

1964 Flushing Meadows frame showing banners and windows on a themed stone facade, with the band partly visible at the bottom. — Decorative banners hang from the building facade as the performance continues partly out of frame.

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