New York City-1964: Empire State Building and Modern Architecture

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

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Empire State Building and Modern Architecture — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Empire State Building silhouetted against a hazy, purple-tinged sky. The grainy, high-contrast footage shows the skyscraper's spire rising above the New York City skyline, followed by a brief view of a modernist building with a flat roof and surrounding greenery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: heavy grain, color shifts, and subtle camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century urban architecture.

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: 125499828

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s New York City architecture footage suited for documentary inserts about skyline scale, landmark views, or mid-century urban travel.
Period detail: The Empire State Building silhouette, hazy skyline, and modern flat-roofed structure support a 1964 visitor view of Manhattan architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld framing suggests a traveler or resident filming recognizable city forms from a distant vantage point rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Empire State Building spire, hazy sky, dark skyline edges, a modernist low building, roofline, trees, and film gate borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, purple color shift, high contrast, soft focus, exposure variation, and slight handheld movement typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short skyline insert, architectural cutaway, transition into New York City, or memory beat within a 1960s urban sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places a familiar New York landmark beside modern urban architecture, offering a concise home-movie record of city sightseeing in the 1960s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, landmark context, and any property-related use requirements.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 New York City 8mm skyline, Empire State Building home movie, and 1960s Manhattan architecture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 New York City material, then broader 1960s urban architecture or skyline clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing the Empire State Building spire against a purple-tinted hazy sky. — Empire State Building seen in silhouette above a hazy skyline.

New York City landmark view with the Empire State Building rising above a soft, grainy 1960s skyline. — The Empire State Building stands against a hazy sky.

1964 New York City frame showing a low modernist building, trees, and the Empire State Building in the background haze. — Modern architecture and greenery with skyline forms behind.

Grainy 8mm view of a modern flat-roofed building and trees with the Empire State Building in the background. — A modern low building appears below the distant Empire State Building.

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