Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Clown and Decorated Float in Parade

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationHarvard, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Harvard Illinois

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Clown and Decorated Float in Parade — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from Harvard, Illinois, 1964, captures a lively parade scene. A clown in a white costume pushes a small cart through the street, followed by a decorated float carrying women in formal white and pink dresses. The crowd of onlookers lines the route, watching the procession under colorful bunting. The footage shows classic 1960s fashion and a festive community atmosphere, with a Rex-TV caravan visible in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural grain and saturated colors typical of home movies 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: 123993708

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: 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Harvard, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: Useful for 1960s Midwestern community parade requests, especially documentary or educational edits needing amateur 8mm views of floats, spectators, and street celebration.
Period detail: Visible clues include formal dresses, gloves, colorful bunting, a decorated float, storefront signs, and 1960s home-movie color consistent with the supplied 1964 Harvard, Illinois metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-level parade view, with the camera following passing performers and float riders as nearby spectators watch from sidewalks and stands.
What appears in frame: The frames show a clown with a small cart, a decorated float, seated women in formal dresses, bunting, spectators, storefront signage, flags, and parade-route barriers.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, gate edges, and handheld framing that give the parade footage a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for small-town celebration, 1960s civic life, or parade spectacle.
Historical context: The scene shows a public community parade with costumed entertainment and a float carrying formally dressed women, reflecting organized local celebration without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and signage or broadcast branding appears in the background, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1964 Harvard Illinois parade 8mm, small-town Midwest parade float, clown pushing cart, women in formal dresses on float, and vintage home movie crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel parade shots, then other Harvard, Illinois 1964 material, then broader 1960s community parade or Midwestern civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Harvard, Illinois in 1964, a white-costumed clown pushes a small cart along a parade route in front of bunting, signs, and spectators. — A clown with a small cart passes the reviewing area during the parade.

A tight 1964 parade detail shows a formal white dress and green-and-white float decoration passing close to the home-movie camera. — The camera catches a close detail of dress fabric and float greenery.

Women in white and pale pink formal dresses ride a decorated float in the 1964 Harvard, Illinois parade, with spectators and signage behind them. — Formally dressed women ride by on a green-and-white decorated float.

The Harvard, Illinois parade float continues past spectators, showing seated women in formal dresses and a foreground passerby in a dark outfit and white hat. — The float passes the camera as a foreground spectator briefly crosses the view.

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