Switzerland-1964: Girl Working Two Dun Ponies on Long Lines in an Open-Air Circus Ring

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration7s
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

circus performance
animal training
family leisure
childhood
audience and spectacle
1960s European summer outing

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Open-air circus ring with an earth-and-grass floor, a low stone kerb and stepped stone terraces, set among trees and low buildings
Time and weather: daytime · summer · overcast
Lighting: Soft, diffuse overcast daylight
People: 60 · A girl with short dark hair in a white blouse, short black skirt and white sneakers works the ponies; men and boys stand at the ring edge; adults and children fill the stone seating in summer shirts and dresses.
Animals: two dun ponies
Objects: long lines · pony harness and surcingles · stone terrace seating · low ring kerb · red cushion or bundle at ringside · tall wooden poles
Colors: tan · dark green · white · grey stone · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The two ponies jostle at the ring edge as the girl gathers the long lines.
The ponies fall in side by side while the girl stands with her back to the camera.
The pair trots along the stone kerb past seated families.
The camera pans right, following the ponies past crowded terraces.
A spectator's head enters the lower right foreground as the shot ends.

Girl Working Two Dun Ponies on Long Lines in an Open-Air... — Clip Details

In Switzerland, circa 1964, home movie footage shows a girl in a white blouse, short black skirt and white sneakers working two harnessed dun ponies on long lines inside an open-air circus ring. The ponies first wheel and jostle at the ring edge, then settle into a trot side by side past stepped stone seating filled with adults and children. The single handheld shot pans right to follow the pair and ends as a spectator's head enters the lower corner of the frame.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001659

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: 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 1960s European circus or children's zoo footage showing a live animal act before a family audience, for documentary, museum or nostalgia productions.
Period detail: The crowd may show mid-1960s dress, with men in short-sleeved white shirts and dark jackets and women and girls in patterned cotton dresses, alongside the colour rendition of 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from the spectator seats by a visitor, the shot follows the act the way an audience member watched it, ending with another onlooker's head in frame.
What appears in frame: A girl in a white blouse and black skirt, two harnessed dun ponies, long lines trailing on the ground, a low stone ring kerb, stone terraces filled with families, and trees above the arena.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with warm tan and green tones, soft focus on the distant terraces and a handheld pan that gives the action a lived, spectator-eye texture.
Edit role: Works as a lively cutaway or memory beat within a circus or zoo sequence, or as a short establishing shot for a family day out.
Historical context: Small open-air animal shows with ponies, staged on stone-terraced rings for parents and children, were part of family leisure in Switzerland in this period, as this scene and the rest of the reel show.
Research note: Copyright in the home movie is separate from likeness: the trainer, who appears to be a minor, and the spectators are unidentified, and the venue is likely private property, so check model and property releases for commercial use.
Research search match: circus pony act 1960s, girl training ponies home movie, Swiss children's zoo show, 8mm family audience at animal performance
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's zoo clips, Visitors feeding a sea lion and Woman feeding an eland at the zoo, then with other Swiss scenes such as the crowded lakeside garden café, then with circus and animal-show footage from the 1960s.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl gathering long lines while two dun ponies wheel at the ring edge, open-air circus ring in Switzerland, circa 1964 — The act begins: the two ponies turn and jostle at the ring edge as the young trainer gathers her lines.
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Young trainer seen from behind as two harnessed ponies fall in side by side, Swiss open-air circus ring, circa 1964 — Seen from behind, the trainer steadies the pair as they line up side by side.
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Two dun ponies trot past families on stone terraces as the girl circles them, circus ring in Switzerland, circa 1964 — The ponies trot along the stone kerb past rows of seated families.
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Girl working two ponies on a long line before crowded stone terraces, open-air circus ring, Switzerland, circa 1964 — Working on a long line, the girl keeps the pair circling as the crowded terraces look on.
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