Vienna Austria-1964: Boy Steering a Yellow Bumper Car Toward the Camera on an Outdoor Track

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationVienna, Austria
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Vienna, Austria
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
amusement rides
leisure
travel
1960s Europe
fairground
summer outing

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Open-air amusement park bumper car track with roller coaster scaffolding and ride signage behind
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: Flat, diffuse overcast daylight
People: 7 · A boy in a light short-sleeved shirt driving the yellow car, a second rider in a background car, three men in short-sleeved shirts and trousers standing at the track edge, and a few seated visitors behind the fence.
Vehicles: bumper cars
Landmarks: Prater amusement park
Objects: yellow bumper car · blue-and-white bumper car · steering wheel · chevron-patterned track floor · lamp posts · fence · ride sign · small kiosk
Readable signs: EINSCHIENENBAHN
Colors: yellow · slate blue · lilac · dark green · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A boy drives a yellow bumper car straight toward the camera.
He turns the wheel and the car begins to swing to the left.
The car fills the lower left of the frame, the boy seen in profile.
He slides out of frame as a second rider and onlookers remain behind.

Boy Steering a Yellow Bumper Car Toward the Camera on an... — Clip Details

Vienna, Austria, circa 1964 home movie footage at the Prater amusement park. A boy steers a yellow bumper car straight toward the camera across a chevron-patterned outdoor track, then turns the wheel and swings past on the left. Behind him a second rider circles, three men stand watching at the edge, and an EINSCHIENENBAHN sign hangs before the timber scaffolding of a roller coaster. Filmed in one steady handheld shot on 8mm colour film under an overcast sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001648

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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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Date: 1964 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: Vienna, Austria 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: Fits requests for 1960s European leisure and childhood fun, giving a documentary or education film a short, authentic Prater fairground moment from circa 1964.
Period detail: The timber coaster trestle, the rounded open bumper car, the hand-lettered EINSCHIENENBAHN sign and the men's short-sleeved shirts and slacks may show a mid-1960s Prater.
Home-movie behavior: A family member films a boy enjoying his ride as he steers straight at the camera and swerves away, an unstaged holiday moment rather than a posed shot.
What appears in frame: A boy at the wheel of a yellow bumper car, a second rider circling behind, three men watching at the edge, the EINSCHIENENBAHN sign, timber roller coaster scaffolding and a chevron-patterned floor.
Film character: 8mm colour stock with visible grain, soft edges and a lilac cast in the overcast sky, giving the scene a warm period texture.
Edit role: Works as a quick energetic insert or memory beat inside a Prater or Vienna sequence, with the swing out of frame giving a natural cut point.
Historical context: The Wiener Prater was Vienna's main public fairground, and this view shows the kind of open-air rides and timber structures visitors found there in the 1960s.
Research note: The boy is a minor whose face is visible, and adult bystanders may be recognisable, so likeness permissions are separate from film copyright, and the ride and its signage belong to an amusement operator.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s bumper car home movie, Prater Vienna 8mm footage, vintage Austrian funfair, or child on a fairground ride circa 1964.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Riesenrad hub and gondola shot and the family on the Rathaus steps, then with other 1960s Vienna footage, then with vintage amusement ride clips such as the pony-drawn children's train.

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Boy steering a yellow bumper car straight at the camera at the Prater, Vienna, circa 1964, below an EINSCHIENENBAHN sign — A boy heads straight for the camera in a yellow bumper car at Vienna's Prater, circa 1964.
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Boy turning the wheel of a yellow bumper car on a chevron-floored track at the Prater, Vienna, circa 1964 — Turning the wheel: the bumper car starts to swing left as a second rider circles behind.
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The boy swings past in profile, with timber coaster scaffolding and onlookers behind.

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Boy sliding a yellow bumper car out of frame left at Vienna's Prater, circa 1964, a second rider in the distance — About to leave the frame, the boy passes close as another rider and three men look on.
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