Hicksville New York-1955: Blue Marching Band, White-Gloved Marchers, Red Fire Truck

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Blue Marching Band, White-Gloved Marchers, Red Fire Truck — Clip Details

HICKSVILLE NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively parade in a sun-dappled park. A marching band in blue uniforms plays brass instruments, including a prominent tuba, as they walk in formation. The scene shifts to a group of men in dark uniforms and white gloves marching in unison. The parade concludes with a classic red fire truck, its chrome details gleaming, carrying passengers through the tree-lined street. The footage exhibits natural film grain and the warm, saturated colors characteristic of 1950s home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123428695

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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: 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 1038 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: rockefeller center rockettes, baby grag, sylvia,mom,jack,stuart,robert,toni
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1955 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New York home-movie parade footage suited for documentary inserts about community celebrations, marching bands, and civic processions.
Period detail: Blue band uniforms, white gloves, brass instruments, and a vintage red fire truck may show mid-century small-town parade customs.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a spectator position, preserving an informal view of marchers passing through a shaded public setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tuba, brass players in blue, uniformed marchers with white gloves, spectators on grass, trees, and a red fire truck.
Film character: The 8mm scan has dense shadows, saturated color, soft focus, and handheld framing that give the parade a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, civic parade cutaway, music cue, or memory beat within a 1950s community sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows organized public recreation and civic display in Hicksville, New York, without identifying a specific parade event from the frames alone.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and audible band music is flagged, so likeness and music review may be needed alongside copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Hicksville parade, 8mm marching band, white-gloved marchers, and vintage red fire truck footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Hicksville or 1955 material, then broader 1950s parade and community celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Hicksville home-movie frame showing a blue-uniformed marching band with brass instruments in a shaded parade route. — Blue-uniformed band members march forward with a prominent tuba at the front.

1955 Hicksville parade frame with dark-uniformed marchers wearing light gloves moving through a sunlit park setting. — White-gloved marchers proceed across a bright, tree-lined parade area.

1955 Hicksville home-movie frame showing uniformed marchers passing spectators seated near trees during a parade. — Uniformed marchers pass through the park while spectators sit along the route.

1955 Hicksville parade frame showing a red fire truck with chrome details and passengers passing under trees. — A red fire truck with passengers closes the visible parade sequence.

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