Worlds Fair New York City-1964: People Riding Tram At The World's Fair

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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People Riding Tram At The World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures passengers aboard a tram at the World's Fair in New York City. The footage shows people in period clothing—women in dresses and men in light shirts—seated and looking out as the tram moves. The image has a distinct purple color cast and visible film grain, scratches, and dust, characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage. The scene conveys a sense of mid-century public transportation and leisure during the fair.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127718022

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
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 archive requests needing World's Fair visitor transport, public leisure, or mid-century crowd movement as documentary cutaway material.
Period detail: The frames show period dress, open tram seating, metal railings, and a bright fairground setting consistent with the supplied 1964 World's Fair metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observer's home-movie perspective, watching seated passengers look outward and talk casually during a short tram ride.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adult passengers, open tram benches, railings, vertical supports, bright daylight, soft background structures, and heavy film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries a purple color cast, soft focus, handheld framing, visible dust, scratches, and uneven exposure typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel transition, public-transport cutaway, or memory beat within a 1960s fair or leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests organized visitor circulation at a large public attraction, with adults seated together in open-air transport under bright daylight.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; copyright, location, and event-related permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 World's Fair tram passengers, 8mm fairground transportation, vintage public transport riders, and 1960s home movie crowd cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with confirmed 1964 New York World's Fair material, then with other 1960s visitor transport or fairground crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults in period clothing sit on open tram benches in bright daylight, with railings and soft fairground structures behind them. — Seated passengers ride in an open tram under bright daylight.

Several adult passengers sit aboard an open tram, with a man in glasses and other riders visible through soft, purple-tinted film. — Adults sit together on tram benches during a fairground ride.

A woman stands or turns near the left side while other adults sit in an open tram car framed by railings and support posts. — A standing woman and seated riders are visible inside the tram car.

The final frame is mostly washed out, with a faint tram edge, pale background forms, and soft foliage-like texture at the right. — A washed-out view shows faint tram and background details at the end of the shot.

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