Pacific Ocean Park California-1959: Santa Claus and Visitors Walking Past Striped Concession Stands

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationPacific Ocean Park, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Pacific Ocean Park, California, United States

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What is in this clip

amusement parks
holiday season
midcentury leisure
family outings
Southern California
1950s fashion
crowds
lost landmarks

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Amusement-park promenade with a pale blue building, pennant strings, tall poles and a striped-awning concession stand
Time and weather: late afternoon · winter · clear and sunny
Lighting: Low, warm direct sun on the building fronts with the pavement in deep shadow
People: 15 · Park visitors in late-1950s casual dress, including a woman in a pink full-skirted dress, a man in a red vest, men in shirts and light trousers, a few children, and a costumed Santa Claus in a red suit
Landmarks: Pacific Ocean Park
Objects: pennant strings · orange flags · tall yellow poles · globe ornaments · striped awning · concession stand · yellow oval sign · directional signboards
Colors: pale blue · dark blue · yellow · red · pink · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Pennant strings, yellow poles and a pale blue building fill the frame as visitors approach.
A woman in a pink full-skirted dress walks toward the camera with a group.
The pan moves right past a man in a red vest and reveals a striped-awning stand.
A costumed Santa Claus appears in front of the concession stand.
Santa walks along the promenade among other visitors as the pan settles.

Santa Claus and Visitors Walking Past Striped Concession... — Clip Details

Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, circa 1959 home movie footage. A handheld pan moves right along a pennant-hung promenade, past a pale blue building and tall yellow poles. A woman in a full-skirted pink dress walks with a group of visitors, and a man in a red vest crosses the pavement. The pan ends on a stand with a blue-and-white striped awning and an orange zigzag counter front, where a costumed Santa Claus strolls among the crowd in low afternoon sun.

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: 800000338

Rights & Clearance

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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 Pacific Ocean Park or a Southern California amusement park at the holidays, for documentary, museum and local-history use.
Period detail: A full-skirted pink dress, men in tucked shirts and light slacks, pennant-strung poles and a striped-awning stand place the scene in the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor pans across the promenade from where they stand, catching passers-by and a strolling Santa unposed and unaware of the camera.
What appears in frame: A pale blue building with a dark roof, strings of yellow pennants, orange flags on tall poles, a globe-topped ornament, a blue-and-white striped awning stand, walking visitors and a Santa Claus.
Film character: Soft, grainy 8mm colour with saturated reds, blues and yellows, strong low-sun contrast, deep shadow on the pavement and a slightly unsteady handheld pan.
Edit role: Works as a short atmosphere cutaway or memory beat inside an amusement-park sequence, with the rightward pan giving a natural move toward the Santa.
Historical context: Pacific Ocean Park operated in Santa Monica from July 1958 to October 1967, and this view shows its promenade dressed with pennants during a holiday-season visit.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; the visitors are private individuals seen at a distance, and the park's designs and any signage may need separate consideration.
Research search match: Pacific Ocean Park 8mm home movie, 1950s amusement park crowd, Santa Claus walking at a California park, vintage striped concession stand, Santa Monica circa 1959.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Mystery Island Banana Train sign and boys at the fountain railing from this reel, then other Pacific Ocean Park footage, then 1950s Christmas scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Visitors led by a woman in a pink full-skirted dress walk the pennant-hung promenade at Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, circa 1959. — Visitors walk the promenade at Pacific Ocean Park beneath strings of pennants, circa 1959.
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Crowd on the Pacific Ocean Park promenade circa 1959, with a man in a red vest and a blue-and-white striped concession stand coming into view. — The pan moves right along the promenade, bringing a striped-awning concession stand into view.
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Santa Claus in a red suit strolls past a striped-awning concession stand at Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, during a holiday-season visit circa 1959. — A costumed Santa Claus walks past a striped-awning stand on the Pacific Ocean Park promenade, circa 1959.
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Late-1950s visitors and a strolling Santa Claus on the Pacific Ocean Park promenade in low afternoon sun, 8mm home movie frame circa 1959. — Santa walks among park visitors as the pan settles on the concession stands.
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