Flushing Meadows New York-1964: View Of Metal Globe Sculpture With Pink And Yellow Flowers

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

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View Of Metal Globe Sculpture With Pink And Yellow Flowers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Unisphere at Flushing Meadows, New York, during the World's Fair. The massive metal globe sculpture dominates the frame, surrounded by fountains and manicured gardens with vibrant pink and yellow flowers. Visitors stroll through the grounds, dwarfed by the structure's scale. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, mid-century aesthetic. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into the 1964 World's Fair, showcasing its futuristic design and public appeal.

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: 124938340

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 documentary or museum sequences needing visitor-shot footage of the Unisphere and World's Fair grounds in New York.
Period detail: The visible Unisphere, fountains, formal flower beds, and mid-century fairground landscaping support the 1964 Flushing Meadows context in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor's ground-level viewpoint as distant fairgoers move through the plaza beneath the globe sculpture.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the metal globe, fountain spray, trimmed shrubs, flower beds, lawn, walkways, distant visitors, and nearby fair structures.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure haze, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, landmark cutaway, transition beat, or memory image for mid-century New York World's Fair material.
Historical context: The clip shows public leisure around a monumental fairground sculpture, emphasizing scale, landscaping, and visitor movement rather than formal ceremony.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright and site or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows Unisphere home movie, fountains, flower beds, and visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fairground shots, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader World's Fair landmark and public-space footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows home-movie frame showing the Unisphere above fountains, gardens, and distant fair visitors. — The Unisphere rises over fountains and formal gardens as visitors walk through the fairground plaza.

The Unisphere fills the frame at Flushing Meadows, with fountain spray, landscaped shrubs, and distant structures visible. — A closer view centers the metal globe sculpture with fountains and fairground landscaping below.

Home-movie frame of the Unisphere at the 1964 New York World's Fair, seen above fountains and planted beds. — The globe sculpture dominates the frame, with fountains, lawns, and flower beds along the lower edge.

Wide visitor-shot view at Flushing Meadows showing the Unisphere, fountains, planted beds, and people on the grounds. — Visitors appear small against the Unisphere and surrounding fountains at the landscaped fairground site.

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