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

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

  • 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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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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Topics & Keywords

  • water
  • fountain
  • ground
  • spring
  • ornament
  • springs
  • large
  • nature
  • worlds FAIR new york city
  • 1964
  • 1964 World's Fair
  • New York City
  • water fountain
  • water springs
  • 8mm film
  • vintage home movie
  • archival footage
  • purple tint
  • film grain
  • outdoor exhibit
  • public display
  • historical event
  • documentary clip
  • classic footage
  • old film
  • nature feature
  • ornamental water
  • 1960s Americana

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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