Flushing Meadows New York-1964: A Quick Flash Of A Sign For An Amusement Park

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

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A Quick Flash Of A Sign For An Amusement Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures the iconic 1964 World's Fair. The footage features the distinctive Unisphere and other fair structures under a hazy sky, with a flag waving atop a tall pole. A brief, clear shot shows the Rheingold sign for Little Old New York, a popular fair attraction. The grainy, slightly faded visuals and subtle camera movement evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering authentic historical footage of the fair's atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124938288

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: 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 cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief visitor-shot view of fair structures and signage.
Period detail: The frames show hazy fairground architecture, a tall flagpole, globe-like structures, and a visible Rheingold sign tied by metadata to Little Old New York at the 1964 fair.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a quick visitor-shot perspective, panning or reframing across distant attractions without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waving flag, tall poles, arched fair structures, a spherical feature, hazy skyline forms, and a brief Rheingold Little Old New York sign.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and handheld exposure shifts that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, transition, or memory beat between broader 1964 World's Fair scenes and signage-focused material.
Historical context: The clip visually places a visitor at Flushing Meadows amid mid-century fair architecture, emphasizing atmosphere rather than a complete record of an attraction.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Rheingold brand sign appears and should be reviewed for trademark or contextual use; copyright, trademark, and property concerns are separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows fairground sign, Rheingold Little Old New York, and vintage home movie fair cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair clips, then broader amusement park, fairground, and vintage signage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Visitor-shot 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair view with a flagpole, arched structures, and hazy distant fair architecture. — A flag waves above distant World's Fair structures in a soft, hazy 8mm frame.

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair structures appear through haze, with vertical poles, a round architectural feature, arches, and a flag. — Fair structures and a flag appear in a distant, slightly soft 8mm view.

Distant 1964 World's Fair scene at Flushing Meadows with tall vertical elements, a round feature, arched forms, and a flagpole. — The camera catches fairground architecture and a flagpole through grain and haze.

A brief 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair view shows the Rheingold Little Old New York sign across the fairground. — The Rheingold Little Old New York sign is briefly visible beyond a low foreground barrier.

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