Mexico City-1962: Town With People Wearing Colorful Feathers And Costumes

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Mexico City

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Town With People Wearing Colorful Feathers And Costumes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a lively street celebration in Mexico City. Colorful feathered costumes and traditional attire adorn participants in a festive parade, with a banner reading 'BAZAR TEPEPAN PASE UD. A CONOCER' visible. The scene unfolds on a sun-drenched street with trees and simple buildings, showcasing the vibrant culture and community spirit of the era. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and saturated colors, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123685628

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: 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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
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: Mexico City, Mexico 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: 1960s Mexico City home-movie footage for productions needing a brief street celebration or neighborhood parade insert.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century street details, a white rounded car, simple roadside buildings, and a Spanish banner for Bazar Tepepan.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera observes from across the street as costumed participants and bystanders move through an everyday neighborhood setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white car, a street banner, feathered costumes, bystanders, trees, utility poles, low walls, and sunlit pavement.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, blue cast, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cultural street-life insert, parade cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a Mexico City sequence.
Historical context: The frames suggest a local public celebration or bazaar scene, with costumed figures and spectators gathered near a roadside banner.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, location permissions, and banner text should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Mexico City home movie, Tepepan street celebration, feathered costumes parade, and 8mm Mexico bazaar footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Mexico City material, then broader 1960s street celebration or costume parade footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Mexico City home-movie frame with a white rounded car beside a long low building and roadside greenery. — A white car moves past a long building on a sunlit street.

1962 Mexico City street scene with feathered costumes, bystanders, a utility pole, and a Bazar Tepepan banner. — Feathered costumed figures stand above a roadside banner as bystanders watch.

1962 Mexico City home-movie view of bystanders, feathered costumes, a Bazar Tepepan banner, and low roadside buildings. — Bystanders gather near a banner while costumed participants appear above the wall.

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