New York City-1964: Aerial View of General Motors Pavilion at World's Fair

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

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Aerial View of General Motors Pavilion at World's Fair — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1964 captures aerial views of the General Motors Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. The distinctive mid-century modern architecture features a large circular structure with a red and blue patterned roof, supported by white columns. The camera pans across the building, revealing the 'General Motors' sign on the facade and surrounding grounds with parked cars and pathways. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1960s Americana and futuristic design.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 125499978

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: 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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing an aerial home-movie view of the General Motors Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
Period detail: The visible General Motors lettering, pavilion roofline, parked cars, and fairground layout support a mid-1960s World's Fair setting in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot aerial or elevated viewpoint, observing the pavilion from a distance rather than staging any action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the General Motors sign, broad pavilion roof, columned facade, paths, parked cars, surrounding fair structures, and dark contact-print borders.
Film character: The 8mm image carries dense grain, soft focus, purple-blue color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, location cutaway, or brief memory beat for World's Fair, corporate pavilion, or 1960s New York sequences.
Historical context: The view places a major branded pavilion within the fairground landscape, showing mid-century exhibition architecture and automobile-era public spectacle.
Research note: The General Motors branding is visible and should be reviewed separately from film copyright, with no people, faces, or private interiors apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm, General Motors Pavilion aerial view, 1960s fairground home movie, and corporate pavilion footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York World's Fair views, then broader 1960s exhibition or corporate pavilion footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York World's Fair view of the General Motors Pavilion from above, with roof lettering, facade, paths, and nearby structures visible. — Aerial or elevated view over the General Motors Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.

Elevated 1964 New York World's Fair frame showing the General Motors Pavilion roof, partial facade sign, and surrounding fairground area. — Partial elevated view of the General Motors Pavilion roof and surrounding fair structures.

1964 New York World's Fair frame with the General Motors Pavilion sign, long facade, walkway area, and rows of parked cars below. — The General Motors name is visible across the pavilion as cars and paths appear below.

1964 New York World's Fair view of the General Motors Pavilion from above, showing the roof, large sign, paths, and parked cars nearby. — Elevated home-movie frame of the General Motors Pavilion and surrounding fairground details.

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