Worlds Fair New York City-1964: Filming A Water Tank With The American Flag

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Filming A Water Tank With The American Flag — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a fleeting view of the World's Fair in New York City. The footage shows a water tank with the American flag, partially obscured by tree shadows and film grain. The image is marked by the characteristic purple tint and scratches of aged Super 8 film, with a blurry treeline and distant structures visible through the frame. The camera appears to be handheld, with slight movement and focus shifts, creating a nostalgic, archival glimpse of mid-century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127718050

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 archival productions needing a brief visitor-shot World's Fair or mid-century Americana cutaway with flag and infrastructure imagery.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1964 World's Fair setting, supported by metadata, with a water tank or tower form and American flag glimpsed through trees and overexposed film frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with handheld framing that catches the subject only briefly as the camera moves past trees and bright sky.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale water-tank shape, an American flag, tree canopy, treeline shadows, dark film borders, distant rooflines, and scratched film surface.
Film character: The 8mm scan has a purple cast, soft focus, heavy exposure, gate edges, dust, scratches, and handheld drift that give the shot clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for World's Fair travel, patriotic detail, or ephemeral home-movie observation.
Historical context: As home-movie footage, it reflects how visitors recorded public sites in passing, favoring brief impressions over formal documentation.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or private property are apparent, but fair-site identification and any location-specific rights should be checked separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm World's Fair footage, visitor home movie water tank, American flag cutaway, and vintage fairground establishing detail.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified 1964 New York World's Fair footage, then with broader 1960s travel or public-event home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Purple-tinted 8mm frame with a leafy treetop, pale tank-like form, and dark vertical film borders. — A soft, overexposed glimpse of trees and a pale structure through the film gate.

Overexposed 8mm frame with a faint American flag near a pale tank-like structure and soft treeline detail. — A faint flag and pale tank form are visible against a washed-out sky.

Washed-out 8mm frame showing a partial roofline or structure at lower left with dark film borders and surface wear. — A partial structure crosses the lower edge of a bright, scratched film frame.

Purple-tinted 8mm frame with faint treeline shadows, pale sky, dark gate edge, and visible dust and scratches. — Faint trees and film wear remain visible in an almost washed-out frame.

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