Worlds Fair New York City-1964: View Of Three Small Orange Blinking Lights On A

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Three Small Orange Blinking Lights On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures a dark, atmospheric view of three small orange blinking lights against a black night sky, likely from the World's Fair in New York City. The faint glow of distant lights flickers in the darkness, with subtle film grain and a vertical blue light artifact visible in the frame. The scene evokes a quiet, mysterious evening ambiance, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the mid-20th century. The low-light conditions and minimal movement suggest a candid, observational moment from a public event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127718563

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$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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival sequences needing a brief nighttime cutaway of small blinking lights from visitor-shot 8mm footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, low-light exposure, and metadata-supported 1964 World's Fair association may show a mid-1960s public-event night scene.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like an unstaged visitor observation, holding on distant lights rather than a composed landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black night sky, small orange light points, a faint lit structure edge, subtle blue vertical flare, deep shadows, and film grain.
Film character: The clip has dense underexposure, visible grain, slight color bleed, and scanning artifacts that read as authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a night insert, atmospheric transition, or quiet memory beat between brighter World's Fair or city footage.
Historical context: The frames suggest a public nighttime environment where illumination itself is the subject, but no specific landmark is identifiable from the image alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property marks are visible, though copyright status and any event-site permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1964 8mm World's Fair night lights, vintage home movie blinking lights, or dark midcentury public-event cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1964 New York World's Fair night footage, then broader vintage illuminated-event scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Underexposed 8mm frame with a mostly black sky, faint colored structure edge, and tiny orange lights, metadata associated with 1964 World's Fair footage. — A dark nighttime view with a faint lit edge and scattered small lights.

Very dark 8mm night frame showing a tiny orange light point and a faint vertical blue flare or scan artifact against the black field. — A small distant light appears in an otherwise dark frame.

Low-light 8mm frame with a cluster of small orange points near the lower left, surrounded by heavy shadow and visible film grain. — Several tiny orange lights sit low in the dark frame.

Underexposed 8mm night view with small orange, green, and blue light points scattered across the lower portion of the frame. — Tiny colored lights punctuate the lower edge of the night scene.

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