Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Water Spouts At The 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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Water Spouts At The World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures the iconic water fountains at Flushing Meadows, New York, during the World's Fair. The camera pans across the dynamic water spouts arcing over a large pond, with the distinctive triangular towers of the fair's architecture rising behind leafy trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and subtle film scratches, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Americana and futuristic design. This authentic home movie captures the lively atmosphere of 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: 124938489

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: 1960s editorial footage for projects needing a visitor-shot view of New York World's Fair fountains and mid-century fairground design.
Period detail: The arcing fountain jets, landscaped pond, and angular fair structures behind trees support the 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair setting in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera panning across the water display rather than staging a formal architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad pond, multiple fountain jets, trees, angular tower-like structures, fairground lighting, and distant built features.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and light scratches that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for World's Fair, public spectacle, or mid-century leisure sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a public fairground water feature at Flushing Meadows, reflecting the landscaped spectacle and futuristic visual language associated with the fair.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Searches for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm fountains, Flushing Meadows water spouts, or vintage fairground pond footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader World's Fair or fountain-display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows fairground view with water spouts crossing a pond and angular structures partly visible behind trees. — Fountain display across a pond at the New York World's Fair grounds.

Visitor-shot 8mm view of arcing water spouts at Flushing Meadows, with trees and fair architecture in the distance. — Arcing fountain jets sweep across the pond in front of fairground structures.

1964 World's Fair fountain display seen from across the pond, with layered water jets and a fairground light pole behind the trees. — Layered water spouts form low and high arcs across the fairground pond.

Flushing Meadows fountain scene with repeated water arcs across the pond and distant fairground structures softened by 8mm film texture. — Repeated fountain arcs fill the frame near the end of the short fairground shot.

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