Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Cable Car And A Jaguar In A Zoo

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

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Cable Car And A Jaguar In A Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows New York, this archival footage captures a red and white cable car suspended on a track above a multi-level structure, followed by a jaguar pacing inside a wire mesh enclosure at the zoo. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and vintage imperfections typical of home movies from the era. The sequence offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century transportation and animal exhibits at the World's Fair, with a focus on the contrast between futuristic transit and caged wildlife.

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: 124938226

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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing World's Fair-era transit atmosphere and zoo cutaways from visitor-shot 8mm footage.
Period detail: The red and white suspended car, modernist structure, and caged animal exhibit visually support a mid-1960s Flushing Meadows visitor context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a public visitor viewpoint, shifting from elevated fairground transportation to an animal enclosure without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suspended cable car, concrete and glass structure, railings, wire mesh, a spotted jaguar, red fencing, and faded sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and minor scratches that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or contrast beat between optimistic fairground mobility and confined zoo wildlife.
Historical context: The footage reflects how a 1964 visitor recorded public attractions, pairing modern transportation displays with animal exhibits in the same outing.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but animal display, location context, and copyright status should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Searches for 1964 Flushing Meadows 8mm, New York World's Fair cable car, vintage zoo jaguar, or home movie fairground transit may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows clips, then broader 1960s fairground transit or zoo footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows footage showing a red and white cable car near a modern multi-level structure. — A suspended red and white cable car passes beside the fairground structure.

A red and white cable car appears behind vertical columns in the 1964 Flushing Meadows scene. — The cable car is seen through the structure's columns and railings.

A spotted jaguar moves through a wire mesh zoo enclosure in visitor-shot 1964 footage. — A jaguar walks behind the wire mesh of its enclosure.

A dark animal form is visible behind metal bars with red and white fencing in the zoo area. — The animal enclosure continues with bars, railings, and red fencing in view.

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