New York City-1964: Man Walking Up Stairs Near Radio City Music Hall

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

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Man Walking Up Stairs Near Radio City Music Hall — Clip Details

A young man in a white short-sleeve shirt and glasses walks up a concrete flight of stairs in New York City in 1964. The 8mm home movie footage captures the scene with a distinct blue color cast and grainy texture, typical of vintage Super 8 film. In the background, other pedestrians move through the urban environment, and the iconic Radio City Music Hall sign glows in red neon against the night sky. The handheld camera follows the man's ascent, creating a candid, nostalgic slice of mid-1960s city life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 125500079

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 documentary or educational edits needing 1960s New York City street-life footage with a pedestrian stairway moment and Radio City Music Hall context.
Period detail: The illuminated Radio City sign, men's short-sleeve dress shirt, glasses, and concrete urban stairway support a mid-1960s New York City setting.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera follows a man walking up stairs, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel or visitor-shot view of city movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, concrete stairs, pedestrians, trees, urban paving, a dark facade, and the red Radio City Music Hall sign.
Film character: The 8mm footage has pronounced grain, blue color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld motion that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, location cutaway, or personal-memory beat within a 1960s New York sequence.
Historical context: The clip places everyday pedestrians near a major Manhattan entertainment landmark without making claims about a specific event or performance.
Research note: People and the Radio City Music Hall signage are visible, so users should review likeness, trademark, and location context separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Research matches include 1964 New York City 8mm street footage, Radio City Music Hall home movie, Manhattan pedestrians, and vintage urban stairs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 New York City or Radio City shots, then broader 1960s urban travel and pedestrian footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 New York City, a man in a white short-sleeve shirt walks up concrete stairs while pedestrians pass in the background. — A man climbs concrete stairs in a candid city scene with other pedestrians behind him.

The man continues up the stairway in New York City, framed close to a concrete wall with street activity behind him. — The camera follows the man higher on the stairs as the background falls out of focus.

The red Radio City Music Hall signage appears on a dark New York City building facade with pedestrians below. — The camera cuts to the illuminated Radio City Music Hall sign above a busy sidewalk.

A second view of the Radio City Music Hall sign shows red lettering on the facade with pedestrians moving below. — Radio City Music Hall signage fills the frame as people gather and move at street level.

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