New York City-1964: Manhattan Skyline with UN Building and Twin Towers

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Manhattan Skyline with UN Building and Twin Towers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the New York City skyline with a distinct purple and pink color cast, likely from film stock or lighting conditions. The sequence features the iconic United Nations Secretariat Building, followed by a view of the twin towers of the former World Trade Center, and concludes with a shot of the Empire State Building's spire against a hazy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and dark borders, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century urban life.

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: 125499824

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: New York City, 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 1960s New York City skyline footage for documentary inserts, archive research, museum timelines, or commercial edits needing visitor-shot landmark views.
Period detail: Visible clues include the United Nations Secretariat, mid-century waterfront towers, haze, and an Empire State Building spire view that may show Manhattan from a visitor vantage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a brief tourist or visitor pan, holding on recognizable skyline forms without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Frames show the UN Secretariat slab, adjacent high-rise towers, a low waterfront structure, hazy sky, dark film borders, and the Empire State Building spire.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries pronounced grain, soft focus, motion blur, dark gate edges, and a purple-pink color cast that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, skyline transition, landmark cutaway, or memory beat within a New York City sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents Manhattan landmarks as seen from a distance, emphasizing skyline form, haze, and amateur travel documentation rather than street-level life.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, copyright, and property-status questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1960s New York City 8mm skyline, United Nations Building home movie, Empire State Building spire, and Manhattan landmarks archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1964 New York City material, and then with broader urban skyline or landmark travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960s New York City home-movie view of the United Nations Secretariat with nearby high-rises in hazy pink-purple color. — The United Nations Secretariat and adjacent towers appear in a soft, hazy skyline view.

1960s New York City skyline view with waterfront high-rises, a low structure, haze, and visible 8mm frame borders. — Waterfront buildings and tall Manhattan towers sit behind dark film gate edges.

New York City landmark skyline with the United Nations Secretariat and nearby waterfront buildings in pink-purple 8mm footage. — The UN Secretariat and adjacent waterfront towers are seen in a grainy, soft skyline shot.

1960s New York City home-movie frame showing the Empire State Building spire against a hazy, blue-purple sky. — The Empire State Building spire stands against a hazy sky in the final frame.

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