New York City-1964: Mysterious Monument And Fountain In City Park

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

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Mysterious Monument And Fountain In City Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious monument in a city park, likely in New York City. The clip opens on a large, dark, disc-shaped fountain or sculpture with water spraying, surrounded by lush greenery and set against a backdrop of brick apartment buildings. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality with faded colors typical of Super 8 film. The camera remains mostly static, focusing on the structure and its surroundings, evoking a sense of quiet urban life from the mid-1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125500132

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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 City home-movie footage for productions needing a brief urban park fountain, monument, or garden cutaway with cautious landmark identification.
Period detail: The brick apartment facades, planted park setting, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s urban public-space design in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on a fountain or sculptural object and nearby plantings rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark saucer-shaped fountain, water spray, dense shrubs, flowering plantings, brick apartment buildings, trees, and small distant visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, strong contrast, faded color, and slight frame-edge artifacts that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for city-park ambience, unidentified monument research, or mid-century urban leisure context.
Historical context: The footage suggests a quiet public garden or park area framed by residential buildings, with the monument or fountain functioning as the main visual subject.
Research note: People appear only small and indistinct, but likeness, location identification, copyright, and any property or public-art rights should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s New York City park fountain, 8mm urban garden monument, vintage home movie public fountain, and mid-century city park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York City park material, then broader unidentified fountain or urban garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm New York City park view of a dark disc-shaped fountain or sculpture with water spray, greenery, and brick apartment facades beyond. — A dark fountain or sculptural form stands among plantings with apartment buildings in the background.

A static 1964 home-movie frame appears to show a New York City park fountain or monument set above shrubs, with distant visitors and brick buildings behind. — The camera holds on the fountain-like object as small figures move or stand among the greenery.

The clip shifts to a planted park area in 1964 New York City, showing trees, shrubs, light-colored posts or monument details, and sunlit flowers. — A garden section shows layered greenery and pale vertical features partly hidden by plants.

A 1964 8mm park-garden view in New York City shows layered foliage, pale vertical monument or fence-like details, and bright plantings in soft focus. — The final frame rests on foliage and pale vertical details within the garden landscape.

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