California USA-1952: Woman in Swimsuit Waving from Parade Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Swimsuit Waving from Parade Float — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1952, capturing a lively street parade. A woman in a light-colored swimsuit stands on a decorated float, waving to a large crowd of spectators lining the street. The float moves past palm trees and mid-century buildings under a bright sky. The film shows characteristic grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, with a dark border framing the image. The scene exudes 1950s Americana nostalgia, with people in period clothing watching the procession.

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: 122620757

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: Useful for requests needing 1950s California parade footage, street crowds, floats, marching bands, and mid-century civic celebration inserts for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show period dress, palm-lined streets, bunting, floats, and mid-century commercial buildings that support a 1952 California parade setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing parade performers and crowds from across the street rather than staging formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimsuit performer on a float, dense sidewalk crowds, palm trees, a marching band, decorated parade floats, bunting, street lanes, and mid-century buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight motion blur, and dark frame edges that give the clip recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief parade insert, Americana cutaway, transition into civic celebration material, or memory beat for 1950s California life.
Historical context: The scene visually records public parade spectatorship, beauty-pageant-style float presentation, and marching-band procession in a sunny California street setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and signage or commercial marks may appear, so likeness, trademark, and context review remain separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California parade 8mm footage, 1950s street parade home movie, swimsuit woman on float, marching band crowd, and vintage Americana parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1952 California street scenes, then broader 1950s parade, crowd, float, and marching-band footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California parade frame showing a woman in a light swimsuit on a decorated float, waving toward spectators along a palm-lined street. — A swimsuit performer stands on a decorated float as spectators crowd the sidewalk.

1952 California parade view of a purple float moving past spectators, palm trees, and mid-century streetfront buildings. — A decorated float passes spectators gathered along the parade route.

1952 California street parade frame with marching band members carrying a banner or formation piece before a packed sidewalk crowd. — Band members march past spectators during the parade.

1952 California parade frame showing a marching band moving past a tall palm, bunting, storefronts, and a dense crowd of spectators. — A marching band continues along the parade route beneath palm trees and bunting.

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