Pacific Ocean Park California-1959: Two Crew-Cut Boys Grinning and Waving at a Fountain Railing

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationPacific Ocean Park, California, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Pacific Ocean Park, California, United States

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What is in this clip

childhood
amusement park visit
waving at the camera
family outing
mid-century leisure
nautical theming
lost amusement parks

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Amusement park entrance courtyard with a fountain pool, metal railing and a white ship-like wall
Time and weather: late afternoon · winter · clear and sunny
Lighting: Bright, low direct sun with warm highlights and deep shadows
People: 4 · Two boys with crew cuts in matching red checked short-sleeved shirts at a railing, a third fair-haired child partly hidden between them, and a woman in a white headscarf in the left background.
Landmarks: Neptune's Courtyard, Pacific Ocean Park
Objects: metal railing · fountain jets · fountain pool · white ship-like wall · porthole · red-striped planter · shrub with white blooms
Colors: deep blue · cream white · maroon red · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Two boys in matching checked shirts lean on a fountain railing and grin at the camera.
The boy standing behind raises his arm over his head and begins to wave.
His arm is fully up as fountain jets splash behind and a third child's head shows between them.
The arm comes down and both boys keep smiling toward the camera.

Two Crew-Cut Boys Grinning and Waving at a Fountain Railing — Clip Details

Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, circa 1959 home movie footage. Two boys with crew cuts and matching red checked shirts lean on a metal railing beside a fountain pool, turn to the camera and grin. The boy standing behind lifts his arm and waves while water jets splash in front of a white ship-like wall with a porthole. Filmed handheld in one medium shot on 8mm colour film in bright low sun, with a potted shrub in a red-striped planter at left.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000337

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Pacific Ocean Park, California, 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: Answers requests for late-1950s colour footage of children at a Southern California amusement park, for documentaries on Pacific Ocean Park or mid-century childhood.
Period detail: Crew cuts, matching checked short-sleeved shirts and a woman's white headscarf point to the late 1950s, and the ship-hull wall with a porthole reflects the park's nautical design.
Home-movie behavior: The boys notice the family camera, turn from the fountain, grin and one waves with a full raised arm, an unprompted reaction typical of children being filmed.
What appears in frame: Two boys in red checked shirts lean on a metal railing over blue fountain water, with splashing jets, a cream-white ship-like wall with a porthole, and a shrub in a red-striped planter.
Film character: Saturated 8mm colour with deep blues and warm skin tones, soft focus, visible grain and a slight handheld drift give the shot a clear small-gauge texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or people cutaway between wider views of the park, with the wave giving a natural action to cut on.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary visitors at the fountain in Pacific Ocean Park's entrance courtyard, a Santa Monica park that operated from July 1958 to October 1967.
Research note: Two unidentified minors are clearly recognisable, so likeness should be assessed separately from film copyright, and the setting is a privately operated amusement park that no longer exists.
Research search match: Pacific Ocean Park 8mm home movie, 1950s boys waving at camera, children at amusement park fountain, Santa Monica circa 1959 colour footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Mystery Island Banana Train sign and the Santa and promenade crowds from this reel, then with other Pacific Ocean Park footage, then with 1950s children at Disneyland.

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Two crew-cut boys in matching checked shirts smile from a fountain railing at Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, circa 1959. — Two boys lean on the fountain railing in Neptune's Courtyard at Pacific Ocean Park, circa 1959, and grin at the camera.
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At Pacific Ocean Park circa 1959, the taller of two boys at the fountain railing starts lifting his arm to wave. — The boy at the back starts to raise his arm while the other keeps smiling over the railing, Pacific Ocean Park, circa 1959.
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A crew-cut boy waves high above his head beside the Neptune's Courtyard fountain, Pacific Ocean Park, circa 1959 8mm film. — The wave at its height: one boy's arm is fully raised as fountain jets splash behind, Pacific Ocean Park, circa 1959.
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Children gathered at the fountain railing smile for a family camera at Pacific Ocean Park, California, circa 1959. — With the wave over, both boys keep smiling and a third child's head shows between them, Pacific Ocean Park, circa 1959.
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