Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Water Surfer Performs Trick On Ramp 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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Water Surfer Performs Trick On Ramp At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, this vintage home movie captures a water surfer performing a trick on a ramp at the World's Fair. The footage shows a man in swim trunks riding a small motorboat across a water feature, launching off a ramp with a splash. In the background, a large ship replica and the iconic Florida Pavilion are visible, with the New York skyline in the distance. The scene is bathed in the warm, faded colors of 1960s Super 8 film, with visible grain and slight color distortion, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century recreation and exhibition.

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: 124938251

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: Useful for 1960s World's Fair, leisure-sport, and visitor-shot exhibition sequences needing authentic 8mm water-stunt footage from Flushing Meadows.
Period detail: Visible era clues include faded 8mm color, a fairground water feature, exhibition signage, a large ship-like display, and mid-century World's Fair setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, following a public water stunt from across the pool with partial heads and fair structures entering the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water skier or surfer, a jump ramp, spray, a low pool edge with circular bumpers, exhibition buildings, signage, a ship-like display, and distant skyline.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, faded magenta color, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, fairground cutaway, transition beat, or period recreation detail for mid-century public entertainment.
Historical context: The scene shows staged aquatic entertainment within a World's Fair environment, linking leisure spectacle, exhibition design, and visitor observation in the 1960s.
Research note: People and signage appear visible, so likeness, event, logo, and location review may be needed separately from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair home movie, 8mm water ski stunt, vintage fairground water show, and 1960s exhibition recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair material, then broader 1960s water-sport or public-exhibition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair home-movie frame showing a water-stunt area, ramp, distant structures, and a spectator head in the foreground. — A visitor films the water-stunt pool and ramp, with fair structures and a spectator partly in view.

A 1964 World's Fair water performer passes the ramp in a small craft or board, throwing spray across the pool at Flushing Meadows. — The performer crosses the water in front of the ramp and exhibition backdrop.

Home-movie frame from the 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair showing a water stunt with spray near the ramp and fair displays beyond. — Spray rises as the performer passes the ramp in the World's Fair water-stunt area.

At the 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair, a water performer appears on the ramp above the pool, with signage and fair structures behind him. — The performer reaches the ramp during the water-stunt demonstration.

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