Sacramento California USA-1971: Three Friends Playing Trumpets And Trombones In

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Three Friends Playing Trumpets And Trombones In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures three young men playing brass instruments during an outdoor evening performance. The musicians, dressed in suits and ties, play trombones and a tuba under dim lighting, with green foliage visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera movement, conveying a nostalgic, candid moment from a local band or school ensemble. The scene transitions to a graduation ceremony with students in caps and gowns, suggesting a community event or celebration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123064485

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: Yes

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Sacramento, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 Sacramento home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for community music, school ensemble, or youth performance atmosphere in the early 1970s.
Period detail: Suits, ties, brass instruments, music stands, and warm 8mm color may show a formal local performance setting from the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view catches musicians concentrating at close range, preserving an unstaged spectator perspective rather than a polished concert recording.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three young men, trombones, a large tuba-like brass instrument, dark suits, ties, music stands, sheet music, and foliage behind them.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, warm color shift, dim evening exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld movement characteristic of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for community performance, school music, friendship, or 1970s local ceremony sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a small outdoor brass performance connected by metadata to a Sacramento community or school event, with graduation footage elsewhere in the clip.
Research note: Faces are visible and music appears to be performed, so likeness and music rights should be reviewed separately from any film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Sacramento 8mm brass band, 1970s home movie musicians, outdoor school ensemble, trombone players, and community performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel and graduation scene, then other Sacramento 1971 footage, then broader 1970s school band or community ceremony material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1971 Sacramento home-movie footage, three young men in suits play trombones and a large brass instrument outdoors near foliage. — Three suited brass players perform from sheet music in an outdoor evening setting.

A close 8mm view shows three suited brass musicians performing outdoors in Sacramento, with stands and leafy background visible. — Close view of the brass section playing during the outdoor performance.

Three young men continue playing brass instruments in a 1971 Sacramento outdoor performance, framed with warm 8mm color and foliage. — The musicians continue playing from stands in a dim outdoor setting.

Profile angle of the brass players during the short outdoor performance.

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