New York City-1964: Peace Through Understanding Sign and Big Water Fountain

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

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Peace Through Understanding Sign and Big Water Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant summer day in New York City. The clip opens with a bold sign reading 'PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING' against a deep blue sky, followed by a powerful water fountain shooting high into the air. Silhouetted crowds gather to watch the spectacle, with trees and a distinctive arched architectural structure visible in the background. The footage features classic 1960s film grain, saturated colors, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, evoking mid-century Americana and public celebration.

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: 125500026

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: Useful for 1960s New York City editorial requests needing visitor-shot World's Fair-era signage, public fountains, and civic spectacle on 8mm film.
Period detail: The sign text, bold mid-century display lettering, arched fairground structure, and saturated 8mm color support a 1964 New York public-event setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor's home movie, moving from a peace-themed sign to the fountain display and nearby architecture rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the peace sign, blue sky, high water jet, silhouetted spectators, trees, vertical poles, and a curved arched structure.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated blue and magenta color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, location transition, fairground cutaway, or memory beat for mid-1960s public optimism and spectacle.
Historical context: The footage shows a public outdoor attraction in New York City where peace-themed signage, water display, and visitors share the frame.
Research note: People and prominent sign text are visible, so likeness, trademark, venue, and copyright questions should be reviewed separately from footage licensing.
Research search match: Researchers may find it through searches for 1964 New York 8mm, Peace Through Understanding sign, World's Fair fountain, or vintage public fountain footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1964 New York City fairground shots, then broader 1960s public fountain or peace-themed civic footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing a Peace Through Understanding sign beside a curved fairground-style structure under blue sky. — Peace Through Understanding sign seen from a visitor's low angle.

1964 New York City 8mm view of a high fountain plume, trees, and dark spectator silhouettes at the edge of the frame. — A tall fountain jet rises above the watching crowd.

Visitor-shot 1964 New York City frame showing fountain spray, trees, and silhouetted people watching from the foreground. — Fountain spray spreads above trees and spectators.

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing a distinctive white arched structure above a rounded roofline against clear blue sky. — Curving white arches frame the sky above the fairground structure.

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