Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Two Speedboats Race Through Water Course

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

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Two Speedboats Race Through Water Course — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures two speedboats racing through a man-made water course. The boats, one marked 'TANGERINE', navigate a circuit lined with tires and a central platform. In the background, a large sign advertises the 'Florida Exhibit' at the World's Fair, with a distant city skyline visible. The footage shows the boats speeding, splashing water, and maneuvering around the course, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century aquatic recreation and fairground entertainment.

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: 124938243

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 fairground speedboat footage for documentary, museum, education or commercial edits needing brief archival recreation and water-racing atmosphere.
Period detail: The Florida Exhibit sign, tire-lined water course and 8mm color stock point to a 1964 World's Fair setting at Flushing Meadows, supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint, watching fast boats from across the course as splashes, pans and partial framing convey an on-the-spot home-movie record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two speedboats, a tire-edged water course, a central platform, spectators or riders, Florida Exhibit signage, flags, spray and a distant shoreline.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, mild grain, faded magenta cast, gate edges and handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, fairground transition, recreation cutaway or kinetic memory beat within a 1960s New York sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows organized aquatic entertainment within a fair setting, with commercial exhibit signage and spectators visible from a public viewing angle.
Research note: People and exhibit signage are visible, so use should consider likeness, trademark and location context separately from any film copyright review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Flushing Meadows speedboat race, New York World's Fair water course, Florida Exhibit home movie or 8mm fairground recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel World's Fair material, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows views, then mid-century boat racing or fair entertainment footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Flushing Meadows in 1964, a speedboat marked Tangerine speeds past a platform and Florida Exhibit sign on a fairground water course. — Tangerine speedboat races past the exhibit signage and tire-lined course.

A fast-moving speedboat crosses the 1964 Flushing Meadows water course, blurred by motion with Florida Exhibit signage behind it. — A speedboat streaks across the course with fair exhibit signage in the background.

A speedboat with a visible rider turns near the foreground at the 1964 Flushing Meadows fair water course, with exhibit signage behind. — Foreground boat turns along the tire-lined fairground course.

A white speedboat with occupants moves along the 1964 Flushing Meadows water course beside a platform and Florida Exhibit sign. — White speedboat passes the platform as the course opens toward the shoreline.

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