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Worlds Fair New York City-1964: A Night Shot Of The Lights Of The Buildings Of A

$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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A Night Shot Of The Lights Of The Buildings Of A — Clip Details

A dark, atmospheric 8mm home movie clip from the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, capturing the glowing lights of towering skyscrapers against the night sky. The footage features a vertical string of warm yellow lights and a distant building with illuminated windows, all rendered in the grainy, nostalgic quality of vintage Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of urban wonder and historical ambiance, with subtle camera movement and soft focus enhancing the dreamlike, archival feel of this classic 1960s footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Night
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127718595

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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • night
  • skyscraper
  • sky
  • fun
  • unique
  • shot
  • lights
  • buildings
  • city
  • landmarks
  • worlds FAIR new york city
  • 1964
  • 1964 World's Fair
  • New York City night
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 night footage
  • skyscraper lights
  • 1960s home movie
  • archival city lights
  • historic 1964 footage
  • night skyline
  • grainy film
  • retro urban
  • classic 8mm
  • vintage documentary
  • nostalgic footage
  • old film
  • night cityscape
  • 8mm film
  • historical footage
  • 1960s Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s archival productions needing a brief night cutaway of illuminated fairground or city architecture from visitor-shot 8mm footage.
Period detail
The clip may show 1964 World's Fair-era night lighting, with only dark building silhouettes and small illuminated windows visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior
The handheld view feels like a visitor recording the nighttime spectacle rather than a staged architectural shot.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a black night sky, a vertical row of warm lights, a small lit rectangular window, distant blue-white highlights, and deep building shadows.
Film character
The 8mm image has heavy grain, underexposed shadows, soft focus, and slight handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a moody insert, transition, or memory beat between brighter World's Fair or New York night sequences.
Historical context
The footage reflects how a home-movie camera captured nighttime illuminated structures, with limited detail because the scene is very dark.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but building identity and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1960s 8mm night lights, World's Fair home movie, dark city buildings, vintage fairground lighting, and archival night cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with confirmed 1964 New York World's Fair clips, then with other 1960s night city or fairground light footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark 8mm frame from the reported 1964 World's Fair footage showing faint architecture and a narrow vertical line of warm lights.
Faint nighttime architecture and a vertical string of lights in a very dark frame.
Underexposed 8mm night view with a small warm window-like light set against mostly black architecture.
A small lit rectangle stands out against shadowed nighttime structures.
Mostly black 8mm night frame with minimal visible architectural detail and heavy shadow from the reported World's Fair clip.
Deep shadow dominates the frame, with only faint structure and grain visible.
Underexposed final frame showing a barely visible vertical form in the darkness, consistent with handheld 8mm night footage.
A faint vertical form remains visible in an otherwise very dark night shot.

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