United States-1943: Rocket-Ship Ride Swings Past Olympic Pool Sign to Stratoship Ticket Booth

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

amusement park
thrill ride
summer leisure
family outing
space-age design
1940s America
crowds and spectators

Shot type: medium
Camera: tilt · pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · amusement park midway with a rocket-ship ride, a ride booth and a pool building
Time and weather: day · summer · clear, bright overcast sky
Lighting: bright natural daylight, sky near overexposed
People: 8 · Adults and children in light summer clothing standing and sitting around a ride booth under a fringed umbrella, seen mostly from behind and in profile.
Objects: rocket-ship ride car · steel lattice arm · ride booth · fringed umbrella · railing · building with arched windows · sign post
Readable signs: OLYMPIC POOL · THRILLER STRATOSHIP
Colors: grey · white · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A rocket-ship car swings on a steel lattice arm against the sky.
An 'OLYMPIC POOL' sign appears on a building behind the descending car.
The car sweeps low past a railing as the camera tilts down.
A booth lettered 'THRILLER STRATOSHIP' comes into view.
Spectators gather under a fringed umbrella while another car swings behind.

Rocket-Ship Ride Swings Past Olympic Pool Sign to... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1943, home movie footage shows a finned rocket-ship car swinging on a steel lattice arm of an amusement ride against a pale sky. As the car drops, a building with arched windows and an 'OLYMPIC POOL' sign passes behind it. The handheld camera then tilts down to a booth lettered 'THRILLER STRATOSHIP', where adults and children gather under a fringed umbrella. The single black-and-white shot is grainy and scratched, with soft focus during the move.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & whiteHandheld
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001868

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$149 · Editorial only 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.

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: 1943 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: 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: Fits requests for 1940s American amusement park footage, especially a readable thrill-ride sign and a rocket car in motion for documentaries on leisure or early space-age imagery.
Period detail: The finned rocket car, lattice-steel ride arm, hand-lettered 'THRILLER STRATOSHIP' booth and fringed umbrella may show a park midway of the late 1930s to 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's camera chases the swinging car down to the crowd at the booth, catching the excitement of a family day at the park rather than a staged view.
What appears in frame: A rocket car on a lattice arm, a pale sky, a building with arched windows and an 'OLYMPIC POOL' sign, a railing, a lettered ride booth and spectators under a fringed umbrella.
Film character: Heavy grain, crossing scratches, a bright near-white sky and motion softness from the fast handheld tilt give the shot a raw projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a fast cutaway or energetic transition into a park sequence, with the readable ride sign serving as a short establishing insert.
Historical context: Rocket-ship rides converted from circle swings were running in American parks from the 1930s, and this one stands near a public pool sign at the same grounds.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights for the adults and children at the booth and from any rights in the ride name and the park's private property, so each needs its own review before use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as '1940s amusement park rocket ride', 'Thriller Stratoship home movie', 'vintage midway ride booth' and 'black and white small-gauge park footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's children on the pony ride and the two small girls on a garden bench, then with its winter snow scenes from the same family and year, then with other 1940s amusement park ride footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rocket-ship car on a steel lattice ride arm at an amusement park in the United States, circa 1943 — A rocket-ship car swings high on the ride's lattice arm.
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Rocket ride car sweeping low past a park building with arched windows, United States, circa 1943 — The car sweeps low as the camera follows it down past the railing.
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Motion-blurred tilt down to the Stratoship ride booth and spectators at an American park, circa 1943 — The camera tilts down toward the ride booth, its lettering partly in frame.
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Spectators under a fringed umbrella at the Thriller Stratoship booth in the United States, circa 1943 — Visitors gather under a fringed umbrella at the Thriller Stratoship booth as a car swings behind.
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