Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Large Pointy Buildings

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

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Large Pointy Buildings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the iconic spires of the Flushing Meadows New York World's Fair. The footage features close-up views of the fair's grand, pointy architectural structures under an overcast sky, with visible film grain and slight camera shake. The distinctive white stone towers and ornate Gothic-style details are highlighted, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American design and the 1964 World's Fair atmosphere.

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: 124938300

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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 World's Fair architecture requests needing short archival cutaways of monumental towers at Flushing Meadows.
Period detail: The clip shows pale, pointed pavilion-like architecture and overcast sky consistent with the supplied 1964 Flushing Meadows metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing has a visitor-shot perspective, holding close on tall decorative structures rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible details include pointed towers, narrow vertical window openings, pale facades, overcast sky, film gate edges, and handheld reframing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment for a World's Fair sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a ground-level visitor view of mid-century fair architecture without showing crowds, signage, or identifiable performers.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, location, and property depiction needs for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair 8mm footage, New York fair architecture, pointed towers, and vintage home movie exteriors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fair footage, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows exteriors, then broader World's Fair architecture and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows footage showing pale pointed architectural towers against an overcast sky with 8mm film borders. — Pointed fair architecture rises into a gray sky in a close handheld view.

Close 8mm view of pale World's Fair tower architecture at Flushing Meadows, with narrow openings and soft focus. — A closer view emphasizes the tall facade and narrow vertical openings.

Visitor-shot 1964 fair footage showing pale tower walls, circular openings, and vertical decorative details. — The camera settles lower on the tower facade, revealing circular and vertical details.

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame of tall fair towers with narrow openings, soft grain, and dark film border. — The final frame holds on the towers, with pale surfaces and narrow vertical openings visible.

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