Flushing Meadows New York-1964: People Walking In Front Of World's Fair Building With Flags And Sculpture

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

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People Walking In Front Of World's Fair Building With... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures the iconic Flushing Meadows New York World's Fair grounds. A large modernist building with a distinctive blue and green striped facade stands prominently, flanked by American flags and international banners. In the foreground, a central sculpture rises above manicured gardens and conical evergreen trees, while visitors in period attire stroll through the courtyard. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century Americana and the 1964 World's Fair.

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: 124938346

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 documentary or museum edits needing visitor-shot World's Fair grounds, modern architecture, flags, public sculpture, and casual crowd movement.
Period detail: The 1964 setting is supported by metadata, while visible clues include mid-century glass facade design, formal flagpoles, manicured fairground planting, and period visitor dress.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor view, observing people moving through a public courtyard rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue-green modernist facade, American and international flags, a tall sculpture, conical evergreens, flower beds, paved walkways, and scattered visitors.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft grain, saturated color, slight gate framing, and handheld reframing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, or cutaway for mid-century fairs, public architecture, tourism, or New York memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places visitors among formal landscaping, national flags, public art, and large-scale modern exhibition architecture at Flushing Meadows.
Research note: People and possible identifiable symbols or marks are visible, so copyright, trademark, property, and likeness questions should be reviewed separately for intended use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows fairground visitors, modernist pavilion facade, flags, sculpture, or home movie courtyard scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows views, then broader 1960s World's Fair, public sculpture, flags, and visitor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows visitor view of a blue-green modernist facade, American flags, a tall sculpture, trimmed trees, and people in the courtyard. — Visitors move through a landscaped World's Fair courtyard before a striped modernist building and sculpture.

At the 1964 Flushing Meadows fairgrounds, visitors walk near a tall sculpture, flagpoles, clipped landscaping, and a large striped glass building. — The camera holds on the sculpture, flags, and visitors outside the fairground building.

A visitor-shot 1964 Flushing Meadows view shows multiple flagpoles, manicured evergreens, people on walkways, and the blue-green facade behind them. — Flags and clipped landscaping frame the fairground building as visitors pass below.

The 1964 Flushing Meadows courtyard view includes international flags, a large striped glass building, trees, flower beds, and visitors walking through the grounds. — International flags stand in the foreground as visitors cross the landscaped fairground courtyard.

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