Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Two Girls Racing Boats At 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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Two Girls Racing Boats At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at the New York World's Fair, this vintage home movie captures two young girls competing in a small boat race on a water attraction. They paddle their white boats through a circular course marked by floating barriers, with one girl raising a flag in triumph. The background features a large sign for the Florida Exhibit and American flags, with a city skyline visible in the distance. The footage has a nostalgic, slightly faded color palette and authentic film grain, capturing a moment of playful competition and mid-century Americana.

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: 124938241

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 World's Fair home-movie footage for requests needing visitor-shot recreation, small boat racing, and fairground Americana in Flushing Meadows.
Period detail: Visible era clues include 8mm color, mid-century fair signage for the Florida exhibit, American flags, small ride boats, and waterfront exhibition structures.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor view of two girls steering small boats through a circular water course as one raises a flag during the race.
What appears in frame: Frames show white boats, paddlers, flags, floating barriers, dock edges, exhibit signage, spectators or attendants, and distant fairground structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, light exposure bloom, gate edges, and home-movie grain that support its physical-film archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for World's Fair leisure, youth recreation, or mid-century public attractions.
Historical context: The scene visually places family recreation within a large public exhibition setting, with national flags and state exhibit signage in the background.
Research note: People and recognizable exhibit signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and venue-context review may be needed separate from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 New York World's Fair home movie, Flushing Meadows boat ride, Florida exhibit flags, and 8mm fairground recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows fair scenes, then broader 1960s amusement and boat-ride material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame showing two girls racing small white boats near Florida exhibit signage and American flags. — Small boats circle the water attraction in front of World's Fair exhibit signage.

A 1964 New York World's Fair boat-race moment, with girls in low white boats and fair exhibit graphics behind the course. — Riders pass along the circular course as flags wave near the exhibit buildings.

Home-movie frame from the 1964 fair showing a girl raising a flag from a white boat during the water attraction race. — One rider lifts a flag as the boats continue around the marked water course.

Faded 8mm frame of a small boat on a World's Fair water course with Florida exhibit signage and flags in the background. — The boat exits the course area beneath the fair signage and line of flags.

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