Flushing Meadows New York-1964: A Ship Model At The 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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A Ship Model At The World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, this vintage footage captures a large, elaborately rigged ship model from the World's Fair. The clip shows the ship's towering mast and crow's nest against a hazy sky, with flags and rigging details visible. The warm, faded color palette and film grain give it a nostalgic, archival quality, evoking mid-century Americana and the spirit of the 1964 World's Fair. The camera remains steady, focusing on the ship's structure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124938195

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

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: 1960s 8mm World's Fair footage suited for documentary cutaways about mid-century public exhibitions, visitor attractions, or maritime display details.
Period detail: The tall rigging, flags, crow's nest, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing support a 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair visitor view.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the ship model from below like a fairgoer recording a striking display rather than a staged or official presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mast, crow's nest, horizontal yard, rigging lines, small flags, bunting, hazy sky, and partial ship structure.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, warm fading, visible grain, dust marks, and slight exposure haze typical of scanned mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, establishing cutaway, or memory beat for World's Fair displays, maritime exhibits, or 1960s leisure travel.
Historical context: The footage places a decorative sailing-ship model within the visual culture of a large public fairground attraction without identifying a specific pavilion.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review venue, exhibit, and underlying copyright questions for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 World's Fair ship model, Flushing Meadows 8mm footage, vintage fairground maritime display, and home movie mast rigging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows clips, then broader World's Fair displays or vintage maritime exhibit imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows fair footage showing a ship model mast, crow's nest, rigging, and small flags in soft faded 8mm color. — Ship model rigging and crow's nest rise above the fairground scene.

Cropped 8mm view of the 1964 World's Fair ship model, with mast rigging and flags silhouetted in haze. — The camera frames the mast and rigging from below with the ship structure partly visible.

Faded 8mm frame from Flushing Meadows showing the ship model's central mast, crow's nest, rigging, and nearby flagpole. — Rigging lines and a crow's nest dominate the visitor-shot fair footage.

Soft 1964 8mm view of a ship model mast and crow's nest at the World's Fair, with rigging and flags fading into the pale sky. — The ship model's crow's nest and yard arm remain centered as flags appear at the edges.

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