California USA-1952: Beauty Pageant Winner Celebrating On Parade Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Beauty Pageant Winner Celebrating On Parade Float — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952 captures a beauty pageant winner celebrating on a parade float. A woman in a turquoise swimsuit and sash waves to a crowd from a decorated float labeled 'DENMARK' as it moves through a city street. The scene features a building with a 'HARVARD' sign, colorful flags, and a large audience. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and lens flare, conveying 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: 122620951

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California parade coverage, mid-century beauty-pageant imagery, or documentary sequences needing public celebration on a decorated street float.
Period detail: The swimsuit, sash, hand-painted national signage, crowd-lined street, and 8mm color stock support a 1950s public parade setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot home-movie viewpoint, following a pageant winner as she waves from a moving float to people gathered along the street.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a turquoise swimsuit and sash, a DENMARK float sign, small flags, a crown motif, city buildings, spectators, and a red HARVARD sign.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, slight blur, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, parade cutaway, nationality-float detail, or memory beat within a sequence about pageants or civic celebrations.
Historical context: The scene documents a public mid-century parade presentation where a swimsuit-clad pageant participant represents Denmark before a large urban crowd.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and signs or brands appear in frame, so likeness, trademark, and contextual rights review should be separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Searches may include 1950s California beauty pageant parade, 8mm home movie parade float, woman waving on Denmark float, and mid-century swimsuit sash winner.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1952 parade material, then broader 1950s pageant, float, and civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California parade view of a pageant winner on a DENMARK float, with spectators, flags, and city buildings behind her. — A sash-wearing pageant participant waves from a decorated DENMARK float during a city parade.

Close 1952 California parade frame showing the pageant participant waving near the DENMARK float sign and flags. — The participant waves in closer view beside the DENMARK sign and decorative crown element.

Home-movie frame from the 1952 California parade showing the pageant participant on the float above a crowded street. — The moving float passes spectators as the sash-wearing participant stands near its edge.

Wide 1952 California parade frame showing the pageant participant on the float with flags, white trim, and urban buildings. — A wider view places the pageant participant and float decorations against nearby city buildings.

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