California USA-1961: Parade Of Scandinavian Residents With Banner And Brass Band

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

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Parade Of Scandinavian Residents With Banner And Brass Band — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1961 captures a lively parade in California, featuring a group of Scandinavian residents marching in formation. Participants carry a prominent yellow banner reading "PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 14" and other flags, with a brass band playing in the background. The scene unfolds on a city street lined with spectators, showcasing mid-century American urban life with period clothing, classic cars, and a nostalgic, grainy film quality. The camera follows the procession with slight handheld movement, preserving the authentic feel of a community celebration.

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: 120767543

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 short 1961 California 8mm clip can support documentary or educational requests for mid-century American ethnic community parades, street processions, and civic marching scenes.
Period detail: Visible clues include period street dress, suspenders, hand-carried banners, flags, a brass band formation, and a soft color 8mm home-movie look consistent with the supplied 1961 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a spectator position as marchers and musicians advance down the street, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of a public community parade.
What appears in frame: The frames show a yellow Pennsylvania District 14 banner, a closer Scandinavian banner detail, a marching crowd, brass instruments, flags, spectators, road markings, and a red balloon or signal-like object in the background.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld drift, and uneven exposure that place the viewer close to the physical-film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for Scandinavian American community life, parade culture, immigrant heritage programming, or mid-century street gathering sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a public parade group identified by banners as Scandinavian and Pennsylvania District 14, without enough visible evidence to specify the organization, event name, or city.
Research note: People, faces, banners, flags, and audible music are present, so users should review likeness, music, trademark or organizational identification, and event-context issues separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1961 California 8mm parade, Scandinavian residents marching with banner, brass band street procession, Pennsylvania District 14 banner, and mid-century ethnic community parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with California 1961 parade footage, and then with broader Scandinavian American, brass band, civic procession, or ethnic heritage gathering material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A wider 8mm view shows the parade group on a California street in 1961, with a yellow banner in front, another banner at left, flags raised behind, and spectators clustered along the route. — Wider street view of the marching group and spectators.

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