Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Woman Watches Flamingos At Zoo Exhibit

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

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Woman Watches Flamingos At Zoo Exhibit — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows New York, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a yellow dress observing a flock of pink flamingos in their enclosure. The scene unfolds at the World's Fair, with chain-link fencing separating the visitor from the birds. Palm trees, flags, and mid-century modern buildings frame the background under a soft, overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of a 1960s family outing.

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: 124938206

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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a visitor-view cutaway of a zoo-style flamingo exhibit at the New York World's Fair setting.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1960s dress, chain-link exhibit fencing, flags, palm trees, and modern fairground-style structures in Flushing Meadows.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged visitor moment as a woman pauses near the fence to watch flamingos while the handheld camera follows the enclosure.
What appears in frame: The clip shows a woman in a yellow dress, pink flamingos, chain-link fencing, palm trees, small flags, planted beds, and modern exhibit buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted pink color cast, visible grain, slight handheld drift, and uneven exposure typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1960s leisure, fairground visits, zoos, or animal exhibits.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century public leisure and animal-display viewing through the informal perspective of a family-shot fairground visit.
Research note: People and possible signage or logos are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Flushing Meadows flamingos, New York World's Fair zoo exhibit, 1960s 8mm visitor footage, and vintage home movie birds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fairground footage, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader 1960s zoo or animal-exhibit scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Flushing Meadows in 1964, a woman in a yellow dress stands by a fenced flamingo exhibit with modern structures behind it. — Visitor stands near the flamingo enclosure as birds gather behind the fence.

A 1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame shows a woman near a chain-link fence as flamingos stand in a planted exhibit. — Woman moves along the fence while flamingos remain in the exhibit behind her.

Flamingos gather in a fenced exhibit at Flushing Meadows, with palm trunks, flags, and a mid-century structure in the background. — The camera centers on the flamingo enclosure and surrounding fairground details.

A wider 1964 Flushing Meadows view shows flamingos behind fencing, planted flowers, palm trunks, and fairground buildings. — Wide view of flamingos in the enclosure with fairground architecture in the background.

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