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

Aerial 8mm film footage from 1964 captures the General Motors pavilion at a World's Fair, showcasing its iconic futuristic white canopy and bold blue lettering. The camera pans across the structure, revealing its expansive design and surrounding grounds with trees and pathways. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the clip displays characteristic grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic mid-century aesthetic. The scene evokes the optimism of the 1960s and the era's fascination with technology and progress.

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: 125499981

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: 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: 1960s New York World's Fair home-movie aerial footage for edits needing an exterior view of the General Motors pavilion and mid-century futurist exhibition architecture.
Period detail: The bold General Motors roof lettering, white sculptural canopy, and fairground layout are visible clues consistent with the 1964 World's Fair metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip offers a visitor-shot aerial or elevated perspective, scanning the pavilion from above rather than presenting a staged promotional view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the General Motors roof sign, a large white canopy form, striped facade panels, surrounding paths, trees, small parked vehicles, and tiny fairgoers.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, gate edges, and slight framing instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, location cutaway, or transitional memory beat for World's Fair, automotive, or 1960s technology sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places General Motors within a large public exposition setting associated with mid-century display culture and futurist design.
Research note: General Motors branding is visible, and tiny people may be present, so copyright, trademark, and possible likeness issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 New York World's Fair 8mm, General Motors pavilion aerial, mid-century exhibition architecture, and home movie fairground footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 New York World's Fair material, then broader 1960s technology, automotive, and exposition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York World's Fair view of the General Motors pavilion roof, with blue lettering, trees, roads, and small figures around the site. — Elevated view of the General Motors pavilion at the World's Fair.

Elevated 1964 New York World's Fair frame showing the General Motors pavilion roof sign, canopy edge, trees, roads, and tiny visitors nearby. — The General Motors roof sign and pavilion edge from an elevated angle.

1964 New York World's Fair view of the General Motors pavilion, showing the large white canopy form, partial roof lettering, facade, and grounds. — White canopy form over the General Motors pavilion roofline.

Elevated frame from 1964 New York World's Fair footage with the General Motors pavilion partly cropped, its white canopy, roof sign, and paths visible. — Cropped elevated view of the General Motors pavilion and canopy.

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