California USA-1961: Large Marching Band In A Parade With A Float To Match In

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

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Large Marching Band In A Parade With A Float To Match In — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1961 captures a lively parade in California, featuring a large marching band in vibrant red uniforms and white hats performing in unison on a city street. The band plays brass and percussion instruments, including tubas and drums, with a large white mascot figure visible among the performers. A colorful parade float adorned with red and white decorations carries costumed riders, including women in period dresses, as spectators watch from the sidewalks. The scene is set against a backdrop of mid-century urban architecture and trees, with a classic car passing by. The footage exhibits authentic film grain and color saturation typical of home movie recordings from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into American community celebrations.

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: 120766874

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: Yes

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 supports archival requests for mid-century American parade footage, marching bands, community celebrations, and short documentary inserts showing public street performance.
Period detail: The red uniforms, white plumed hats, brass instruments, period dresses on the float, and dark mid-century automobile may show early-1960s parade styling in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, watching the band and float pass by from street level with spectators and passing traffic in the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red-uniformed marching band members, tubas, drums, flags, a large white mascot figure, a decorated float with costumed riders, spectators, trees, civic architecture, and a dark classic car.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, saturated reds, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserves the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for public celebration, school or civic performance, parade culture, or early-1960s California community life.
Historical context: The scene documents a public parade environment where uniformed performers, costumed float riders, spectators, vehicles, and street architecture share the frame without confirming the specific event or sponsoring organization.
Research note: Faces, audible music, visible insignia or partial lettering, and possible mascot or float identifiers require rights review for likeness, copyright, trademark, and event-related context before use.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1961 California 8mm parade, 1960s marching band home movie, red uniform parade band, community parade float, and mid-century American street celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other California 1961 parade material, and then with broader 1960s marching band, civic festival, mascot, float, and street celebration clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California 8mm frame showing a red-uniformed marching band with white plumed hats, drums, brass instruments, flags, and spectators along a city street. — Marching band passes with brass, drums, and flags.

1961 California parade frame with red-uniformed musicians, tubas, percussion, flags, and a large white mascot figure moving among the performers. — Band and mascot figure move through the parade.

1961 California 8mm frame showing percussion and brass players in red uniforms beside a large white mascot figure, with flags and spectators visible in the parade background. — Percussion section passes beside the mascot figure.

1961 California parade frame showing a red-and-white decorated float with costumed riders, partial lettering on the float side, spectators, civic architecture, and a dark mid-century car. — Costumed riders stand on a decorated parade float.

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