Flushing Meadows New York-1964: View Of Red Letter Restaurant Sign On A Cloudy Day

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

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View Of Red Letter Restaurant Sign On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964 at Flushing Meadows, this clip captures a view of a restaurant with a red-lettered sign on a cloudy day. The footage shows a low-angle perspective through foliage, with people walking past the building. The sign is partially obscured by trees, and the warm, faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic 1960s home movie aesthetic. The camera pans slightly, revealing more of the surrounding greenery and a distant structure, likely part of the World's Fair grounds. This archival footage offers a candid glimpse of mid-century Americana and everyday life at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124938592

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s New York World's Fair-era restaurant exterior footage for documentary cutaways, location texture, or visitor-experience sequences.
Period detail: The red-letter restaurant sign, low modern fairground-style building, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s public-grounds setting.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view from behind foliage gives an unstaged visitor perspective as pedestrians pass the restaurant exterior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red restaurant sign, pale building facade, trees, walkway, pedestrians, dark foreground obstruction, and a distant arched structure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, faded warm color, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of amateur home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a World's Fair or 1960s public-leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday visitor movement around a restaurant area at Flushing Meadows without identifying a specific business beyond the visible sign text.
Research note: People and sign text are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Flushing Meadows restaurant sign, New York World's Fair home movie, or 1960s fairground food area.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 Flushing Meadows material, then broader 1960s public dining or fairground exterior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Flushing Meadows view of a red restaurant sign on a pale exterior, partly obscured by trees and film-edge shadows. — A red-letter restaurant sign appears through trees and dark foreground obstructions.

At Flushing Meadows in 1964, pedestrians pass below a partly hidden restaurant sign on a pale building. — Pedestrians move below the partially obscured restaurant sign and awnings.

The camera view shifts along the restaurant wall, leaving only part of the red sign visible behind trees. — A partial restaurant sign remains visible as pedestrians pass below the trees.

The final frame shows trees and the restaurant wall giving way to a distant arched structure at Flushing Meadows. — The pan reaches the building edge, with trees and a distant arched structure visible.

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