Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Family Time On The River

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

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Family Time On The River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures the iconic Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York during the World's Fair. The clip features the distinctive spires of the Mormon Temple and modernist pavilions, with visitors strolling through landscaped grounds. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic 1960s home movie aesthetic. People in period attire walk through the fairgrounds, offering a glimpse into mid-century American leisure and architectural history.

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: 124938512

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or museum edits needing visitor-shot World's Fair grounds, modernist architecture, and public leisure in Flushing Meadows.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century fairground architecture, landscaped paths, period clothing, and crowds that align with the supplied 1964 New York World's Fair metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on pavilions and passersby rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include spired pavilion architecture, a circular tower detail, trees, paved paths, crowds, men in short-sleeve shirts, and modern canopy roofs.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, gate shadows, slight fading, and uneven exposure typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about the 1964 World's Fair or urban leisure.
Historical context: The footage places public visitors among futuristic fair structures and landscaped grounds, showing how mid-century exposition spaces were experienced on foot.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm footage, Flushing Meadows visitors, mid-century fairground architecture, and home-movie crowd cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from this reel, then with 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair material, then with broader 1960s public leisure or exposition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows fairground view with modern architecture, trees, a paved path, and visitors walking in the distance. — Visitors walk past modern fairground architecture and landscaped paths.

Tall spired World's Fair pavilion architecture appears behind trees at Flushing Meadows in the supplied 1964 setting. — A spired pavilion rises above trees on the fairgrounds.

Visitors in period clothing pass near a spired pavilion at the 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair grounds. — Fair visitors move through a crowded walkway below the pavilion spires.

Modernist fairground canopy and low glass-fronted building with visitors below, consistent with the supplied 1964 Flushing Meadows context. — A modern canopy roof frames visitors gathered around a fairground building.

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