California USA-1952: Beauty Pageant Contestants Pose on Parade Floats

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Beauty Pageant Contestants Pose on Parade Floats — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952 captures a beauty pageant contestant in a pink swimsuit and sash labeled 'KENTUCKY' posing on a parade float. The scene features another contestant in a teal swimsuit with a 'GREECE' banner, palm trees, and a crowd of onlookers under a clear blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, evoking mid-century Americana and nostalgic 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: 122620980

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California parade or beauty pageant sequences needing brief color home-movie coverage of contestants posing on decorated floats.
Period detail: The swimsuits, sashes, bunting, flags, palm trees, and open parade setting support a mid-century public celebration atmosphere in California.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot view of contestants smiling and waving toward the camera from moving or staged parade floats.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimsuit contestants, sashes, country or state placards, bunting, flags, palm trees, buildings, crowd edges, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, handheld framing, and gate-edge darkness that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, parade cutaway, pageant memory beat, or transition within a mid-century Americana sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows a public pageant-style display with women representing places on floats, reflecting visible parade and spectacle culture of the era.
Research note: Faces and identifying sashes are visible, and any likeness, signage, or pageant-related rights should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s California parade footage, 8mm beauty pageant contestant, vintage swimsuit sash, and home movie parade float.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel parade shots, then California 1952 material, then broader 1950s pageant, parade, swimsuit, or Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame showing a pageant contestant in a pink swimsuit and sash waving beside a KENTUCKY float sign. — Contestant in pink swimsuit waves from near a KENTUCKY parade float sign.

1952 California home-movie frame with a smiling contestant in a pink swimsuit and sash waving near a KENTUCKY parade float panel. — Waving contestant stands before a KENTUCKY float panel under a clear sky.

1952 California home-movie frame showing a pink-swimsuit pageant contestant near KENTUCKY signage, flags, and parade decorations. — Pink-swimsuit contestant poses amid KENTUCKY signage and parade flags.

1952 California home-movie frame with a pageant contestant in a teal swimsuit and sash standing beside a GREECE float sign. — Teal-swimsuit contestant stands by a GREECE sign on a decorated parade float.

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