Flushing Meadows New York-1964: Polynesian Restaurant At 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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Polynesian Restaurant At World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, New York, this vintage home movie captures the Polynesian Restaurant at the World's Fair. The clip shows the distinctive building with its sloped roof and bold signage, surrounded by trees and palm fronds. Visitors in period attire stroll through the area, with the warm, slightly faded colors of the film evoking mid-century Americana. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into the 1964 World's Fair experience, with natural light and film grain adding to its authentic archival quality.

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: 124938588

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: 1960s New York World's Fair home-movie footage for productions needing an exterior visitor view of the Polynesian Restaurant and fairgoers.
Period detail: The sloped restaurant roof, large Polynesian signage, palm fronds, and period visitor clothing support the 1964 fair setting described in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the restaurant frontage and passing fairgoers from a public walkway rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Polynesian Restaurant sign, steep roofline, trees, palm fronds, fair visitors, walkway activity, sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, fairground cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century travel or World's Fair sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows public fairground leisure culture through architecture, themed dining signage, landscaping, and casually dressed visitors moving through the site.
Research note: People and restaurant signage are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-identification review may still be needed for some uses.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 New York World's Fair Polynesian Restaurant, Flushing Meadows fair home movie, and 8mm fairground visitor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair exteriors, then themed dining or fair tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows World's Fair view of the Polynesian Restaurant exterior, trees, and fair visitors in soft 8mm color. — Visitors pass the Polynesian Restaurant exterior beneath trees at the fairground.

The Polynesian Restaurant sign and steep roof appear through trees as fair visitors move along the walkway below. — The Polynesian Restaurant sign is visible through trees with visitors below.

A closer 8mm frame shows the Polynesian Restaurant lettering across the roof, with trees and fair visitors near the entrance area. — A closer view centers the restaurant's roofline lettering and fairground activity.

The final frame holds on the Polynesian Restaurant roof sign, tree branches, and a few visitors at the World's Fair site. — Tree branches partly frame the Polynesian Restaurant sign as visitors stand nearby.

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