Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Waterfront Scene with Unisphere and Smokestacks

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

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Waterfront Scene with Unisphere and Smokestacks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures a hazy, atmospheric view of Flushing Meadows, New York, during the World's Fair. The camera pans across a waterfront scene with trees, water, and iconic mid-century modern architecture, including the distinctive Unisphere and tall smokestacks. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, dreamlike quality, offering a rare glimpse of the fair's industrial and natural landscape.

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: 124938465

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 New York archival requests needing a brief scenic World's Fair-era park and waterfront cutaway from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The distant modern fair structures, floodlight tower, waterfront edge, and hazy color 8mm look support the 1964 Flushing Meadows setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on landmarks across water rather than staging people or activity in the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include water, low park walls, trees, distant fair architecture, floodlight towers, smokestack-like verticals, and soft haze.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, faded color, slight softness, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, nostalgic transition, or quiet memory beat for World's Fair-era New York material.
Historical context: The view places mid-century exhibition architecture beyond landscaped parkland and water, emphasizing the fairgrounds as seen from a public visitor vantage.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property considerations for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Flushing Meadows 8mm footage, New York World's Fair park views, waterfront fairground cutaways, and vintage Unisphere-era scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader 1960s fairground and park establishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows view across water toward distant World's Fair structures behind trees in soft 8mm haze. — Distant fair structures and trees seen across the waterfront at Flushing Meadows.

Flushing Meadows waterfront with trees, distant vertical towers, and a tall floodlight-like structure in the background. — A hazy park-and-water view with fairground architecture in the distance.

1964 Flushing Meadows park view with water, trees, distant modern arches, and vertical fair structures beyond. — Modern fair structures rise beyond trees along the waterfront.

Hazy 8mm view of Flushing Meadows with water in front, trees, arched fair structures, and a floodlight tower beyond. — Arched fairground forms and a floodlight tower appear beyond the trees and water.

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