Worlds Fair New York City-1964: Water Springs Out From The Ground From A Large

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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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Water Springs Out From The Ground From A Large — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a mysterious water feature at the World's Fair in New York City. The scene, bathed in a surreal purple hue, shows water jets erupting from the ground in a patterned display. A sloped, textured surface with circular openings is visible, surrounded by trees and a building facade. The camera moves slightly, revealing a person briefly in the frame and a distinctive spiky ornament against the sky. The grainy, color-shifted quality evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and archival charm.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127718335

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 archival requests needing visitor-shot World's Fair water-feature footage as an editorial insert or atmospheric cutaway.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1960s fairground water installation, with patterned jets, modernist sloped surfaces, trees, and a building facade visible through strong color shift.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, with slight handheld movement and brief human presence rather than a staged or official record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include erupting water jets, a sloped textured surface, circular openings, trees, a pale building facade, dark frame borders, and a spiky ornament near the lower frame.
Film character: The 8mm image carries dense grain, purple-blue color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing that signal original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or visual bridge in sequences about fairs, fountains, public spectacle, or 1960s leisure spaces.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for mid-century public display design and visitor observation, while the exact structure and location within the fair are not identified in the frames.
Research note: People are flagged as visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, site identity, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 New York World's Fair home movie, 8mm fair fountain footage, vintage water jets, 1960s public fountain, and color-shifted archival fairground film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1964 New York World's Fair material, then with 1960s fountains, public attractions, or visitor-shot travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Color-shifted 8mm frame of a patterned water feature, with jets emerging from a textured slope near trees and a pale facade. — Water sprays from a sloped fairground feature under heavy purple-blue color shift.

A handheld 8mm view of the water feature shows circular openings across a sloped plane, with trees and a building edge behind it. — Circular openings and water spray appear across the sloped fountain surface.

The camera shifts downward to a pale facade and dark diagonal forms, with a small spiky ornament silhouetted near the lower center. — A spiky decorative element appears against the pale building facade as the camera tilts.

A color-shifted frame shows the facade and plants with a partial person or figure at the right edge, requiring cautious likeness review. — A partial figure enters the edge of the frame near the facade and planting.

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