Queens New York-1939: Independence Hall Replica Between Rows of Flags With Visitors

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationQueens, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 · Queens, New York, United States

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What is in this clip

world's fair
1930s America
colonial revival architecture
national symbols
international exhibition
tourism and leisure
lost architecture

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Exhibition plaza at a world's fair, with a brick colonial-style pavilion framed by flag-lined walkways
Time and weather: day · summer · bright, hazy sky
Lighting: Natural daylight, flat and hazy
People: 7 · Small, distant visitors in 1930s dress: men in dark suits and caps standing near the plaza edge, one person seated under a yellow parasol, and visitors in white hats passing at lower left.
Landmarks: Pennsylvania Building (Independence Hall replica), New York World's Fair
Objects: clock tower · cupola · national flags · white flagpoles · iron lamp posts · yellow parasol · roofline ornamental figures · low wall
Colors: red-brown · lavender-grey · white · yellow · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A man in a dark cap crosses the right foreground as the replica's clock tower fills the centre of the frame.
The view settles on the brick facade between rows of flags, with a visitor seated under a yellow parasol.
Visitors in white hats begin to enter at lower left.
The shot ends on the same steady view of the tower and flag-lined plaza.

Independence Hall Replica Between Rows of Flags With... — Clip Details

New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows, Queens, 1939 home movie footage shows a steady wide view down a plaza toward the brick replica of Independence Hall that served as the Pennsylvania Building. Its white clock tower rises against a pale sky, and tall white poles with national flags and iron lamp posts line both sides of the approach. Visitors stand and walk in the foreground, one seated under a yellow parasol, filmed handheld from one position on colour 8mm film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000065

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 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: Queens, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for colour views of the 1939 New York World's Fair, especially establishing shots of the state pavilions for documentaries and education projects.
Period detail: The brick Independence Hall replica, flag-lined promenade, dark suits with caps, white hats and a sun parasol may show typical 1939 fairgoing dress and exhibition design.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stops to frame the replica's tower squarely between the flags, the kind of souvenir view a fairgoer took of a familiar national symbol.
What appears in frame: The clock tower and cupola, the red-brown brick facade, long rows of flags on white poles, iron lamp posts, a seated figure under a yellow parasol, and passing visitors in white hats.
Film character: Colour 8mm with soft focus, fine grain, light scratches and dust, a lavender cast in the sky and slight handheld drift give it a clear amateur-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for a fair sequence, or as a transition into scenes of other pavilions on the grounds.
Historical context: The Pennsylvania exhibit stood in the Court of States as a replica of Independence Hall, placing a colonial American icon among state and foreign buildings at the fair.
Research note: Copyright in the film and scan is separate from likeness and property questions; visitors are small and not readily identifiable, and the building's design and ornament should be assessed for the intended use.
Research search match: 1939 World's Fair colour home movie, Independence Hall replica Pennsylvania Building, Court of States 8mm footage, 1930s fairgoers Flushing Meadows.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's fairgoers passing a pavilion, the Soviet worker statue, the British Pavilion entrance and the helicline crowds, then with other 1939 fair views and colonial-landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Independence Hall replica at the 1939 New York World's Fair, flags on both sides, a man in a dark cap crossing the foreground — A man in a dark cap passes in front of the Pennsylvania Building's Independence Hall replica, 1939.
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Pennsylvania Building replica of Independence Hall in the Court of States, 1939 World's Fair, visitor under a yellow parasol — A visitor rests under a yellow parasol before the brick replica and its clock tower, 1939.
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Flag-lined approach to the Independence Hall replica at Flushing Meadows, 1939, with lamp posts and a parasol in front — Long rows of flags lead the eye to the Independence Hall replica at the 1939 fair.
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Visitors in white hats pass the Pennsylvania Building's Independence Hall replica, 1939 New York World's Fair — Visitors in white hats enter the frame below the replica's tower as the shot ends, 1939.
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