Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Color Footage Of A Science Fair With People

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

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Color Footage Of A Science Fair With People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures the iconic World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. The clip features the distinctive white Wiss clock tower with its modernist design, set against lush green trees and the fair's futuristic architecture. People stroll through the grounds, enjoying the sunny day. The sequence concludes with a close-up of the famous Unisphere, its metallic globe structure gleaming under the sun. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124938328

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 New York World's Fair coverage needing brief 8mm visitor views of fairground landmarks, clocks, crowds, and the Unisphere.
Period detail: The white modernist Wiss clock tower, fairground landscaping, and Unisphere views support a 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on recognizable fair structures while distant pedestrians move through the grounds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Wiss clock tower, leafy trees, fairground paths, distant visitors, modernist structures, dark film-edge borders, and the Unisphere.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, mild exposure variation, and color shifts consistent with period home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short establishing insert, landmark cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a sequence about the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Historical context: The footage places visitors among futuristic fair architecture and landscaped public space, showing how the site was encountered from ground level.
Research note: Visible people and the Wiss brand mark may require likeness, trademark, and context review; copyright status is separate from these identification concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows Unisphere home movie, Wiss clock tower, and fairground visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel World's Fair shots, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader 1960s fairground and landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair view of the white Wiss clock tower among trees, with distant visitors below. — Wiss clock tower and fairground trees with visitors in the distance.

Visitor-shot 1964 World's Fair view of the Wiss clock tower, trees, and small figures moving through the grounds. — The Wiss clock tower repeats in a slightly shifted fairground view.

Closer 1964 Flushing Meadows view of the Wiss clock tower, with leafy trees and fair structures in the background. — Closer look at the clock tower's modernist white supports.

1964 Flushing Meadows close view of the Unisphere, showing continents, metal rings, and structural gridwork. — The Unisphere fills the frame with its globe grid and orbital rings.

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