California USA-1961: Parade Float Crusing By

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Parade Float Crusing By — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California in 1961 captures a colorful parade float cruising through a festive event. The float features a prominent purple banner with gold fringe and the text 'THE SUNFLOWER STATE' alongside a Lions Club emblem. Bright yellow sunflower decorations and a woman in a light pink dress are visible, suggesting a celebratory, community-focused occasion. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color shifts, and slight motion blur, characteristic of amateur 1960s home movies. The scene evokes nostalgia and Americana, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or vintage lifestyle projects.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120766576

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1961 California 8mm clip helps answer archival requests for mid-century American parade footage, community celebrations, decorated floats, and brief editorial inserts of local civic pageantry.
Period detail: Visible period clues include the home-movie color stock, soft handheld framing, tinsel float decoration, fringe trim, sunflower motifs, and a Lions Club-style emblem on the float signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator-level home-movie view of a parade float passing close to the camera, with partial framing and brief glimpses of people riding or standing on the float.
What appears in frame: The frames show a decorated parade float with purple metallic panels, gold fringe, orange trim, sunflower cutouts, a circular Lions emblem, partial lettering reading The Sunflower State, and a woman in a light pink dress.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated warm color, visible grain, slight blur, and uneven exposure that give the short passage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for 1960s Americana, civic parades, floral floats, or community festival sequences.
Historical context: The float's sunflower theme and civic-club emblem suggest a community or holiday parade setting, but the exact event and sponsoring group would need outside confirmation.
Research note: People and a Lions Club-style emblem are visible, so users should review likeness and trademark or logo context separately from any copyright status in the scanned home-movie footage.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches might include 1961 California 8mm parade float, home movie floral float, 1960s civic parade, Lions Club parade emblem, and Sunflower State float.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1961 parade material, and then broader 1960s home-movie footage of civic festivals, decorated vehicles, and floral floats.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California home-movie frame showing a decorated parade float with metallic purple trim, gold fringe, partial lettering, and a dark vehicle passing in front. — Parade float partially obscured by a dark vehicle.

1961 California parade float detail with purple metallic decoration, gold fringe, sunflower cutouts, and a visible Lions Club-style emblem on the side. — Sunflower-themed float side with Lions emblem.

1961 California home-movie frame showing the lower side of a decorated parade float with lettering that appears to read The Sunflower State. — Float lettering reads The Sunflower State.

1961 California parade float frame with sunflower cutouts, purple and gold trim, seated riders, and a woman in a light pink dress standing near the float edge. — Riders and a woman in pink on the float.

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