California USA-1952: Five Women in Swimsuits on Catalina Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Five Women in Swimsuits on Catalina Float — Clip Details

Vintage 1952 8mm home movie footage from California showing a colorful parade float decorated with floral arrangements and the name "Catalina". Five women in pink and yellow swimsuits stand on the float, waving to crowds gathered along the street. The float features a large seahorse and a globe design, with spectators watching from balconies and sidewalks. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s home movie quality, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century Americana and 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: 122620926

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, swimsuit pageant, floral float, and mid-century civic celebration requests in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The swimsuits, decorated float, street crowds, balconies, and visible flags support a 1950s parade setting in California as described by the source metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld spectator view captures women waving from a moving floral float while crowds watch from sidewalks and balconies.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a floral Catalina float, swimsuit-clad women, a seahorse motif, a globe panel, street spectators, balconies, flags, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, crowd cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, tourism, and parade sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects public pageantry and beachwear display in a California street parade without confirming a specific event beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People and readable Catalina text are visible, so likeness and trademark or event identification review may be needed separate from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm California parade float, Catalina floral float, women in swimsuits waving, and mid-century street crowd home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1952 parade footage, then broader 1950s civic celebration, tourism, or swimsuit pageant material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame of a Catalina floral parade float with a woman in a pink swimsuit waving beside a seahorse design. — A woman waves from a Catalina floral parade float as spectators line the street.

Two swimsuit-clad women wave from a floral float with a white seahorse shape during a California parade. — Two women stand on the float near a large floral seahorse while the crowd watches.

Swimsuit-clad women stand on a California parade float beside a large floral globe panel marked Catalina. — The float passes with a large globe motif and Catalina lettering visible behind the women.

A woman in a yellow swimsuit waves from a decorated float during the 1952 California parade scene. — A woman waves from the float as flags and spectators appear along the street.

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