Santa'S Workshop North Pole Colorado-1973: Man and Companion Walking Into Old King Cole's Fun Castle Entrance

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationSanta's Workshop North Pole, Colorado, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Santa's Workshop North Pole, Colorado, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

family vacation
amusement park
roadside attraction
nursery rhyme theming
1970s tourism
storybook architecture

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld · zoom
Setting: outdoor · Themed amusement park building set against a pine forest in the mountains
Time and weather: day · summer · clear, bright daylight
Lighting: bright natural daylight with a strong blue-violet cast from the film
People: 2 · A man in a white shirt and light trousers and a fair-haired companion in an orange top and patterned trousers, both seen from behind; a figure is visible in a gable window.
Landmarks: Old King Cole's Fun Castle · Santa's Workshop North Pole
Objects: painted castle facade · lettered sign · lanterns · pennant flags · gable windows · entrance doorways · pine trees
Readable signs: Old King Cole's · FUN CASTLE
Colors: lavender · red · tan · dark blue · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The castle facade and its 'Old King Cole's' sign fill the frame as two visitors approach the entrance.
The shot settles slightly tighter while the man and his companion reach the doorway.
The pair step together into the dark entrance of the Fun Castle.
The visitors pause just inside the entrance as the facade stays held in frame.

Santa'S Workshop North Pole Colorado-1973: Man and... — Clip Details

North Pole – Santa's Workshop amusement park in Cascade, Colorado, circa 1973 home movie footage. A painted storybook castle facade fills the frame, with red lettering reading 'Old King Cole's Fun Castle', twin gables, lanterns and yellow pennant flags against dark pines. A man in a white shirt and a fair-haired companion in an orange top walk away from the camera and in through the arched entrance. The single shot is held from a fixed spot with a slight reframing early on.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002480

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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

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Date: 1973 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: Santa's Workshop North Pole, Colorado, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip meets requests for early-1970s American theme park or roadside attraction footage with readable signage, suited to travel history, regional documentaries and nostalgia sequences.
Period detail: The man's white shirt and light trousers and the companion's orange top with patterned trousers may show early-1970s summer casual dress.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a visitor standing back from the attraction, it catches two members of the party walking in unprompted, the way families moved through the park.
What appears in frame: The frame holds a painted castle front with red 'Old King Cole's Fun Castle' lettering, two pointed gables, lanterns by the doors, yellow pennants, dark pines behind, and two visitors going in.
Film character: The Super 8 image has a heavy blue-violet colour shift, soft focus and fine grain, giving the scene a dreamlike period texture while the sign stays legible.
Edit role: Editors can use it as an establishing insert for the Santa's Workshop visit or as a signage cutaway that names the attraction.
Historical context: North Pole – Santa's Workshop opened in 1956 at the entrance to the Pikes Peak Highway, and attractions like this one drew summer road-trip families to the area.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights for the back-turned visitors, one possibly a minor, and from any rights the park holds in its attraction design and signage, which may need their own review.
Research search match: Researchers might search Super 8 Santa's Workshop Colorado, 1970s amusement park home movie, Old King Cole's Fun Castle, or Pikes Peak region roadside attractions.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's Boy beside giant snowman figure, Family at the North Pole marker and Santa with children clips, then with the Pikes Peak summit signs, then with other 1970s theme park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Old King Cole's Fun Castle at Santa's Workshop North Pole, Colorado, circa 1973, two visitors approaching the doors — Two visitors head for the entrance of Old King Cole's Fun Castle at North Pole – Santa's Workshop, Colorado, circa 1973.
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Pair stepping into Old King Cole's Fun Castle at Santa's Workshop amusement park, Cascade, Colorado, circa 1973 Super 8 — The pair reach the doorway of the Fun Castle, framed by lanterns and a gabled storybook front, circa 1973.
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Visitors disappearing into Old King Cole's Fun Castle, North Pole – Santa's Workshop, Colorado, blue-tinted circa 1973 film — Visitors pass inside Old King Cole's Fun Castle beneath its red painted sign, filmed circa 1973.
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Old King Cole's Fun Castle front at Santa's Workshop North Pole, Colorado, circa 1973, figure at window and pair inside door — The Fun Castle facade holds steady as the pair stand inside the entrance, with a figure at the right gable window.
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