California USA-1952: Pageant Queens on Floats at California Parade

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Pageant Queens on Floats at California Parade — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1952 in California, USA, capturing a lively parade with beauty queens on floats. A woman in a light blue swimsuit waves from a float labeled 'BRAZIL,' followed by another in a yellow swimsuit on a 'COLORADO' float, and a third in a pink swimsuit on a 'CANADA' float. The scenes are filled with crowds, colorful flags, and palm trees under a bright sky, showcasing classic mid-century Americana and retro pageant culture.

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: 122620855

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California parade, pageant, and mid-century public celebration sequences in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The swimsuits, parade floats, bunting, palm-lined street, and crowd dress support a mid-century California setting, with 1952 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from within the crowd, catching waving contestants and partial float details with the immediacy of a visitor-shot parade view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include beauty queens on labeled floats, swimsuits and sashes, parade bunting, spectators, palm trees, street-facing buildings, and handheld crowd-level framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for 1950s pageants, parades, tourism, or public spectacle.
Historical context: The clip shows pageant-style femininity presented as public parade entertainment, with regional or national labels displayed on the floats.
Research note: Faces and float signage are visible, so likeness, publicity, trademark, and event-identification review may be needed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s 8mm California parade footage, beauty queens on floats, Miss Canada parade, Miss Colorado float, and mid-century pageant home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 California parade material, then broader 1950s beauty queen and civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame showing a beauty queen on a float labeled Colorado, waving above spectators and bunting. — A contestant on a Colorado-labeled float waves to spectators during the parade.

Mid-century California parade view with a sash-wearing contestant on a Colorado float, bunting overhead and spectators below. — The Colorado float passes street-side buildings as the contestant waves from the platform.

Home-movie close framing shows the lower portion of a pageant contestant on a decorated float, with a crowd behind her. — The camera briefly frames the float decoration and contestant from below.

1952 California parade frame showing a contestant on a Canada-labeled float, waving above a crowd and palm-lined street. — A contestant on the Canada float waves from the parade route.

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