San Diego California-1962: Cancan Dancer in White on Stage

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Cancan Dancer in White on Stage — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a cancan dancer in a white costume performing on a dimly lit stage in San Diego, California. The dancer, wearing a frilly white dress, executes energetic kicks and twirls under a spotlight, while a pianist in a dark suit plays a piano to her left. The stage features a red curtain backdrop and a textured, light-colored wall. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of a live performance from the early 1960s.

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: 123684261

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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: San Diego, 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: This clip helps document 1960s stage entertainment in San Diego through brief archival home-movie footage suitable for editorial, documentary, or cultural-history sequences.
Period detail: The dim spotlight, red stage curtain, piano accompanist, and frilled white dance costume may show a small live-performance setting consistent with early 1960s entertainment footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value comes from a spectator's handheld view of a live act, with the dancer and pianist captured from the audience rather than from a staged production camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cancan-style dancer in a white costume, a pianist at stage left, a piano, a spotlighted backdrop, red curtains, and dark audience silhouettes at the bottom of frame.
Film character: The 8mm film texture shows soft focus, warm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that preserve the feel of a projected home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for nightlife, performance, tourism, or mid-century leisure subjects.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of live entertainment and audience observation without supporting claims about the venue, performers, or event beyond the supplied San Diego 1962 metadata.
Research note: People are visible and audible music is flagged, so likeness and music clearance should be reviewed separately from footage copyright before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1962 San Diego home movie stage dancer, 8mm cancan performer with pianist, vintage live performance footage, and 1960s nightclub-style entertainment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other San Diego 1962 material, and then with related 1960s stage, dance, piano, or live-performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 San Diego home-movie footage, a cancan-style dancer in a white costume bends under a spotlight while a pianist plays at stage left. — Dancer bends beside the stage pianist.

The dancer in a white frilled costume performs near center stage as the pianist remains seated at the piano in this 1962 San Diego home-movie frame. — Dancer performs next to the piano.

A handheld audience view shows the white-costumed dancer moving across the stage beside the piano accompanist, with curtains and a lit backdrop behind them. — Dancer turns across the lit stage.

The dancer faces toward the backdrop in a white costume as the pianist is partly obscured at stage left, with audience silhouettes framing the lower edge. — Dancer faces the backdrop during the routine.

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