California USA-1952: Woman in Swimsuit on Costa Rica Float at Parade

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Swimsuit on Costa Rica Float at Parade — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952 captures a lively parade scene. A woman in a yellow swimsuit stands on a float labeled 'COSTA RICA', waving to the crowd. The float features colorful flags and a large sign, with a building displaying a 'HARVARD' advertisement in the background. Spectators line the street, and people watch from balconies of a multi-story building. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight motion blur, and faded colors, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122620938

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 1950s California parade requests needing brief home-movie coverage of float riders, spectators, and street-pageant atmosphere.
Period detail: The swimsuit, parade float signage, bunting, balconies, and faded 8mm color support a mid-century public parade setting consistent with the supplied 1952 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records from within the crowd as float participants wave and spectators watch from street level and upper balconies.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimsuit-clad float riders, a COSTA RICA sign, colorful pennants, crowded sidewalks, balcony spectators, modernist building facades, and a HARVARD advertisement.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, parade cutaway, mid-century civic-life transition, or memory beat within travel, community, or pageant sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a public parade presenting national-themed float imagery and spectators in an urban California street setting without confirming the event name.
Research note: People, faces, and visible signage require review for likeness, trademark, and contextual use; copyright status is separate from these clearance concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California parade footage, 8mm home movie float, Costa Rica parade sign, swimsuit float rider, and mid-century street crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1952 parade scenes, then broader 1950s parade, float, spectator, and street-celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a woman in a yellow swimsuit on a COSTA RICA parade float with pennants, spectators, and a HARVARD sign nearby. — A swimsuit-clad rider waves from the COSTA RICA float as spectators line the parade route.

1952 California parade frame with a blue-swimsuit float rider waving near flags while people watch from balconies of a multi-story building. — A float rider waves beside flags as spectators look on from upper balconies.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a blue-swimsuit parade rider on a float, with spectators in balconies and along the street. — The parade float passes a building where onlookers gather at balconies and windows.

1952 California parade frame with a woman in a blue swimsuit waving from a decorated float below balcony spectators and colorful pennants. — A decorated float with a waving rider moves past balconies filled with parade viewers.

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