Switzerland-1964: Pony Hauls a Children's Train of White Lattice Carriages from a Station

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Switzerland
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1964 · Innsbruck & Salzburg · Reel a711b0e3 contains 19 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
family leisure
children's zoo
animal-powered transport
miniature railway
1960s Europe
summer outing

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Children's zoo attraction with a narrow-gauge pony rail ride, rustic wooden station, gravel path and grass
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 30 · Many children seated in the open carriages, including a boy in a red shirt, a boy in a striped top and girls in pink and white dresses; a driver in blue work clothes; adults on the platform including a man in a black shirt and glasses, a woman in a white hat and dress and a woman in a pink cardigan.
Animals: pony · small white goat
Vehicles: pony-drawn miniature rail train
Objects: white wrought-iron lattice carriages · pony harness and collar · narrow-gauge rails · wooden station with orange tiled roof · log-post canopy · small wooden hut on brick base · red and yellow striped awning
Colors: white · orange-red · green · grey · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The pony starts the lead car out of the wooden station as adults watch from the platform.
Pony and driver turn along the curving track past a small wooden hut.
The camera pans left as the lead car passes, its driver holding the reins.
Open white lattice cars full of young riders roll past close to the lens.
A boy in a striped shirt and a boy in red grin from the last car in view.

Pony Hauls a Children's Train of White Lattice Carriages... — Clip Details

Switzerland, circa 1964 home movie footage of a grey pony pulling a miniature rail train out of a wooden station with an orange tiled roof at a children's zoo. A driver in blue work clothes sits at the front of the lead carriage while adults in summer clothes stand along the gravel platform. The camera pans left as open white lattice cars packed with young riders roll past close to the lens, several of them smiling toward the camera. Shot handheld on 8mm colour film in soft daylight.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001655

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

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Source & Documentation

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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: Switzerland 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 mid-1960s European family leisure, children's zoo rides or animal-powered amusements in documentary, museum and nostalgia productions.
Period detail: Women's white brimmed hats, full-skirted dresses, boys' striped knit shirts and the hand-built lattice carriages may show a mid-1960s setting.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family-camera view from beside the track as children react to the ride and grin at the lens, with adults chatting on the platform.
What appears in frame: A grey pony in a padded collar, a driver in blue workwear, white lattice carriages full of children, a log-post station under an orange roof, curving rails and a small goat by the track.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with a cool sky, rich reds and greens, slightly soft focus on the passing cars and a handheld pan that gives the shot energy.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat, a cutaway in a childhood or travel sequence, or a lively transition into the zoo and circus material.
Historical context: The ride relies on a pony rather than an engine, showing an animal-powered amusement at a children's zoo filmed by visiting tourists.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; identifiable children and adults appear, and the privately run attraction has not been identified.
Research search match: Researchers might type 'pony train children's zoo 1960s', '8mm Switzerland family home movie' or 'vintage children riding miniature railway'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's sea lion feeding and eland feeding zoo clips, then with other mid-1960s Swiss footage, then with children's ride themes like the Prater bumper car.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pony starting a children's train from a log-post station with an orange roof at a children's zoo in Switzerland, circa 1964 — A pony draws the lead car out of the station as adults look on, Switzerland, circa 1964.
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Pony hauling an open lattice car of children on a narrow-gauge track at a Swiss children's zoo, circa 1964 8mm film — The pony turns along the track with a car of young riders behind, circa 1964.
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Line of white wrought-iron carriages crowded with children rolling past a rustic station, Switzerland, circa 1964 — Open cars packed with children roll past the station building.
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Smiling children close to the lens in an open lattice carriage on a pony-drawn ride in Switzerland, circa 1964 — Young riders grin at the camera as their carriage passes close by, Switzerland, circa 1964.
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