California USA-1981: Union Army Reenactors in Parade on Horses and Wagon

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 California

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Union Army Reenactors in Parade on Horses and Wagon — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from California USA in 1981 captures a street parade featuring Union Army reenactors. Men in period Union uniforms ride horses and ride in a covered wagon through a suburban street lined with bare trees. The footage shows a mix of daylight and dimly lit scenes, with the reenactors moving in formation past onlookers. The grainy, color-tinted quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic, historical atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123026476

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: No
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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1981 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 requests needing 1980s California home-movie coverage of a Civil War-style reenactment parade with horses, riders, and a wagon for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show Union Army-style uniforms, horse tack, a covered wagon, spectators, bare street trees, and suburban buildings that support the supplied 1981 California context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot parade viewpoint, catching mounted reenactors and a wagon passing by at street level rather than a staged performance setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed riders, horses, a green wagon, a covered wagon canopy, curbside spectators, bare trees, street pavement, and suburban building facades.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shifts, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, historical reenactment cutaway, parade transition, or memory beat within material about local pageants or public history.
Historical context: The scene documents a public street parade where Civil War-era imagery is performed in a late twentieth-century suburban setting, without identifying the specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the uniforms imply military reenactment; copyright, likeness, and any event permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1981 California 8mm parade, Union reenactors on horseback, Civil War reenactment wagon, and home movie street parade may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1981 California street-parade footage, then related reenactment, horse, wagon, or public history parade material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 California home-movie frame showing a horse-drawn covered wagon and riders in a street parade setting. — Horse-drawn covered wagon passes bare trees and suburban buildings during the parade.

Dark 8mm frame appears to show the covered wagon and parade figures passing in low exposure. — A low-exposure moment shows the wagon canopy and shadowed parade movement.

Union-style reenactors on horses ride beside a green wagon during a 1981 California street parade. — Mounted reenactors and a green wagon move past curbside spectators.

Mounted Union-style reenactors ride past a wagon on a California street in this 1981 home-movie frame. — Uniformed riders pass the camera with wagon wheels and spectators in the background.

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