Flushing Meadows New York-1964: A View Of The World's Fair From A Boat

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

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A View Of The World's Fair From A Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures a view of the Flushing Meadows New York World's Fair from a moving boat. The footage shows a large, modernist pavilion with glass facades and flat roofs, likely the New York State Pavilion, under an overcast sky. The camera moves steadily, revealing the structure from different angles across the water. The image has the characteristic grain, soft focus, and slight color fading of vintage home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and the excitement of a family outing to the fair.

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: 124938283

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 editorial sequences needing visitor-shot footage of the New York World's Fair seen from water.
Period detail: The modernist fair buildings, broad ramps, and hazy waterfront view support a mid-1960s Flushing Meadows setting from the provided metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a sightseeing perspective from a moving boat, recording the fairgrounds at a distance rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glass-fronted pavilion, sloped ramps, railings, water, distant visitors, haze, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight exposure variation consistent with home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, or memory beat for World's Fair or 1960s New York material.
Historical context: The footage reflects public leisure and fairgoing from a boat-based viewpoint, with the architecture emphasized more than individual visitors.
Research note: People appear only as small distant figures, but likeness and site identification should still be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1964 New York World's Fair boat view, Flushing Meadows 8mm footage, or mid-century fair pavilion from water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows fair views, then broader 1960s sightseeing and waterfront travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair pavilion viewed from a moving boat across water under a hazy sky. — A glass-fronted fair pavilion appears beyond the water, framed by the 8mm film gate.

Distant fairgrounds at Flushing Meadows, with a pavilion, ramp, railings, and tiny visitor figures near the entrance. — The moving boat angle passes a pavilion and ramp with visitors visible at a distance.

A soft 8mm view of the World's Fair grounds shows part of a pavilion, ramp, water, and distant structures. — The camera continues past the fairgrounds, leaving the pavilion partly cropped at frame edge.

The final 8mm frame shows a blurred ramp and pale fairground forms as the boat or camera moves past. — Motion blur and exposure soften the last glimpse of the fairground structures across the water.

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