Walworth Wisconsin USA-1963: A Ferris Wheel Called 'Rock O Plane' With Red and White Cabs

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWalworth, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Walworth Wisconsin

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A Ferris Wheel Called 'Rock O Plane' With Red and White Cabs — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1963 in Walworth Wisconsin, capturing the Rock-O-Plane amusement ride against a bright blue sky with wispy clouds. The ride features a large central hub with a yellow name plate and red and white enclosed passenger cabs rotating on a colorful metal framework. Shot from a low angle, the footage shows the ride in motion, with the cabs swinging outward as they rotate, showcasing classic mid-century Americana and nostalgic fairground energy.

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: 123777353

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 1641 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: barrington,centennial parade,walworth county fair,reel-3
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: elkhorn,wisconsin,california, san pedro
Date: 1963 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: Walworth, Wisconsin, 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 American fairground or amusement-ride requests needing brief archival home-movie footage of a Rock-O-Plane style Ferris wheel in motion.
Period detail: The enclosed red and white cabs, painted steel frame, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century amusement-park setting consistent with the 1963 Walworth, Wisconsin metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The low-angle framing feels like a visitor pausing beneath the ride to capture its movement against the open sky.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the yellow Rock-O-Plane hub sign, red support tower, colored wheel spokes, enclosed red and white cabs, blue sky, wispy clouds, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of a physical home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, fairground transition, childhood-memory beat, or visual insert for mid-century leisure and amusement settings.
Historical context: The footage shows a public amusement ride as a leisure scene, suggesting local fair or carnival activity without identifying a specific event beyond the supplied location and year.
Research note: The ride name is visible and people are flagged in the clip metadata, so copyright, trademark, and likeness review should be considered separately before publication.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1963 Wisconsin fair ride footage, 8mm Rock-O-Plane amusement ride, vintage Ferris wheel cabs, and mid-century carnival home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1963 Walworth material, then broader Wisconsin fairground or vintage amusement-ride clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing the Rock-O-Plane hub, red tower, and an enclosed cab against a blue sky. — Low-angle view of the Rock-O-Plane hub and one enclosed cab in motion.

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin frame of the Rock-O-Plane ride with its yellow hub sign and red and white cab rotating overhead. — Red and white enclosed cab passes near the top of the Rock-O-Plane wheel.

Home-movie frame from the 1963 Walworth clip showing the Rock-O-Plane structure with two enclosed cabs visible against the sky. — Two enclosed cabs appear along the Rock-O-Plane frame as the wheel turns.

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin frame showing the Rock-O-Plane ride from below, with its hub sign, red tower, and enclosed cab in view. — Low-angle home-movie view of the Rock-O-Plane ride rotating overhead.

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