Hicksville New York-1954: A Patriotic Parade With Marching Band And Flags

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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A Patriotic Parade With Marching Band And Flags — Clip Details

Hicksville, New York - 1954: A vintage 8mm film captures a patriotic parade with a marching band in blue uniforms and white helmets. Colorful flags, including the American flag, wave as the band members carry instruments and march in formation down a tree-lined street. Spectators watch from the sidewalk, and utility poles line the road under a bright sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie recordings from the era.

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: 123370780

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: 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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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: Hicksville, New York, 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. community parade coverage, especially documentary inserts about patriotic civic ritual, small-town processions, and marching bands.
Period detail: The 1954 Hicksville metadata is supported by period clues including 8mm color stock, white helmets, blue uniforms, roadside utility poles, and mid-century parade formation.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the roadside as the band passes, preserving the spectator viewpoint and slight handheld timing of a local home-movie record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include American and colored parade flags, uniformed marchers, white helmets, snare drums, roadside spectators, trees, utility poles, and a paved street.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm color look with visible grain, mild motion blur, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that reinforces its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for civic celebrations, patriotic observances, or mid-century Long Island community life.
Historical context: The footage shows a public parade scene in which uniformed marchers, flags, drums, and spectators suggest organized civic ceremony without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, flags and possible insignia should be reviewed, and copyright, likeness, trademark, and music rights require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s Hicksville New York parade, 8mm patriotic marching band, American flag community procession, and vintage home movie drums.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Hicksville footage, then other 1954 Hicksville or Long Island parade scenes, then broader 1950s U.S. patriotic community events.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville parade scene with uniformed marchers, white helmets, drums, and flags moving down a tree-lined road. — Flag bearers and drummers lead a uniformed band along the parade route.

Uniformed band members and flag bearers march in a 1954 Hicksville patriotic parade, with spectators near the roadside. — The band advances in formation behind American and colored flags.

Roadside home-movie view of the Hicksville parade as flag bearers and drummers pass close to the camera. — Flag bearers pass near the camera while drummers follow down the street.

Uniformed marchers with large flags and snare drums continue through Hicksville as a spectator stands at the road edge. — Large flags cross the foreground as the drum line continues behind them.

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