Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Pair Of Stunt Waterskiers Performing For Audience

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

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Pair Of Stunt Waterskiers Performing For Audience — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures a pair of stunt waterskiers performing on a water show. Dressed in bright red costumes, the skiers execute synchronized maneuvers on a circular water stage, with a large 'FLORIDA' sign visible in the background. The footage, filmed from the audience perspective, shows the backs of spectators' heads and features the characteristic grain, color fade, and slight motion blur of Super 8 film. The performance takes place on a clear day, with a city skyline and a tall ship structure in the distance, evoking the atmosphere of the 1964 World's Fair.

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: 124938261

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

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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 documentary or exhibit requests needing visitor-shot footage of a public water-ski stunt show at the New York World's Fair setting.
Period detail: The FLORIDA show sign, audience viewpoint, 8mm color stock, and fairground water-stage setting support the 1964 Flushing Meadows context in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves the visitor experience from the stands, with spectators' heads partly blocking the view as the camera follows the staged water performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two costumed waterskiers, spray from the tow run, a circular pool or lagoon edge, audience heads, railings, a FLORIDA sign, and distant fair structures.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, lavender color fade, gate edges, and handheld framing give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, fairground transition, audience-perspective cutaway, or memory beat for mid-1960s leisure and spectacle.
Historical context: The footage shows a public entertainment attraction within the fair environment, emphasizing regional promotion, water performance, and spectatorship rather than private family activity.
Research note: People and a prominent sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, venue, and event-context review may be needed separately from footage copyright licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair home movie, Flushing Meadows water ski show, Florida pavilion performance, and 8mm fairground audience footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows footage, then broader World's Fair entertainment or water-show material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie view of a water-ski show, with performers on the pool and audience heads in the foreground. — Audience-view shot of waterskiers crossing the water stage at the fairground show.

Two red-costumed waterskiers perform beside a FLORIDA sign during the 1964 Flushing Meadows fair water show. — Performers ski past the FLORIDA show sign with spray rising behind them.

Synchronized waterskiers in bright costumes lean across the water in a visitor-shot 1964 Flushing Meadows fair scene. — Synchronized waterskiers sweep across the water stage in front of the stands.

Home-movie frame of the water-ski act passing a white set column at Flushing Meadows, with spectators close to the camera. — The stunt pair passes a stage structure while the handheld camera peers over the crowd.

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