Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Unisphere And Fountains At World's Fair

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

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Unisphere And Fountains At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures the iconic Unisphere at Flushing Meadows, New York, during the World's Fair. The large steel globe structure dominates the frame, its intricate grid pattern and continents clearly visible. Fountains spray water at the base, with a few people walking nearby. The footage has a distinct vintage quality with faded colors and film grain, evoking mid-century Americana and the optimism of the 1964 World's Fair. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of a famous landmark.

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: 124938330

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: 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 New York World's Fair requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of the Unisphere and fountain plaza.
Period detail: The visible Unisphere, fountain jets, and 1964 metadata place this as mid-1960s World's Fair-era Flushing Meadows footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's handheld viewpoint, lingering on the landmark rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the steel globe, map-shaped continents, ring-like orbital lines, fountain spray, sky, plaza edges, and small visitors near the base.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, cool faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief establishing insert, transition, landmark cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century public space and fairground sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows the Unisphere as a public spectacle in Flushing Meadows, with fountains and visitors emphasizing civic display and fairground scale.
Research note: People appear small in the frame, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and landmark depiction should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm, Flushing Meadows Unisphere fountain, Queens World's Fair home movie, and 1960s landmark footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader World's Fair or mid-century landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair view of the Unisphere, with its steel globe structure filling the frame above fountains. — The Unisphere rises over fountain spray at Flushing Meadows during the World's Fair.

The Unisphere fills the frame in 1964 New York World's Fair footage, with fountain jets visible beneath the globe. — A closer visitor-shot view emphasizes the Unisphere's steel framework and fountains.

Faded 8mm frame of the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows, showing the globe structure above active fountain spray. — The globe sculpture remains centered while fountain water rises from the base.

The Unisphere towers over fountains at the 1964 World's Fair, with small visitors visible near the lower right of the frame. — Small visitors at the edge of the frame give scale to the Unisphere and fountains.

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