Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Look At An Amusement Park Featuring A Large Roller Coaster

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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A Look At An Amusement Park Featuring A Large Roller Coaster — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched day at an amusement park in Los Angeles, California. The footage features a large wooden roller coaster dominating the skyline, its intricate structure standing against a clear blue sky. Colorful rides and carnival attractions fill the midway, with a person in white clothing walking through the park. The view is framed by a dark vignette, typical of Super 8 home movies, with visible film grain and slight color fading that enhance its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana showcases classic 1960s leisure and entertainment.

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: 123754370

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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: Yes
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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 Los Angeles leisure, amusement park, and midway sequences needing authentic visitor-shot home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show a large wooden roller coaster, midway lighting, carnival structures, and signage that may show mid-century amusement park design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds a casual visitor viewpoint, with brief glimpses of park structures and a person moving through the midway rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden roller coaster, carnival ride framework, lamp posts, ticket or attraction signage, paved midway space, and small park visitors.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, blue-shifted color, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for amusement parks, Los Angeles recreation, or 1960s family leisure.
Historical context: The footage reflects public recreation and amusement-park design in a documented 1962 Los Angeles home-movie context without identifying the venue by name.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-identification review may still be needed apart from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles amusement park 8mm footage, wooden roller coaster home movie, and vintage California midway scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Los Angeles 1962 material, then broader 1960s amusement park and family recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles amusement park footage showing ride framework, midway structures, and a small visible visitor in white clothing. — A visitor passes through the amusement park midway beside ride structures and signage.

A large wooden roller coaster rises beyond lamp posts and open midway space in 1962 Los Angeles amusement park footage. — The roller coaster structure dominates the skyline beyond the open midway.

1962 Los Angeles amusement park view with a wooden roller coaster, tall lamp post, and partial attraction signage at frame edge. — A midway view frames the roller coaster with lamps and partial signage in the foreground.

A visitor-shot 8mm view of the Los Angeles amusement park roller coaster, with midway lamps and dark film gate borders visible. — The roller coaster remains centered as the home-movie frame holds on the midway scene.

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