Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Parade With Milk Bottle Float And Crowds

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

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Parade With Milk Bottle Float And Crowds — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a lively street parade in Harvard, Illinois. A crowd of townspeople, dressed in 1960s attire, lines the road to watch a festive float featuring a giant milk bottle and a woman in a yellow dress. The float, sponsored by Goodall-Lindberg Oil Co., moves past storefronts and cheering spectators under colorful bunting. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American community life.

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: 123994268

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

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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 documentary or educational edits needing small-town American parade footage with crowds, storefronts, and a dairy-themed float in Harvard, Illinois.
Period detail: The clip shows 1960s dress, street bunting, a convertible, storefront signs, and a parade float with a large milk bottle and Goodall-Lindberg Oil Co. lettering.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint records spectators and parade participants from the curb, preserving the informal rhythm of a local public celebration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include curbside crowds, a woman at a microphone, a uniformed marcher, a red convertible, storefronts, bunting, and a float with a giant milk bottle.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century civic life, local parades, dairy culture, or community celebration.
Historical context: The footage shows a public street parade with spectators packed along downtown storefronts, suggesting a community event centered on local businesses and display floats.
Research note: Faces and brand or sponsor text are visible, so likeness, trademark, and contextual permissions should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1964 Harvard Illinois parade, 8mm small-town street parade, 1960s milk bottle float, and Midwest home movie crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Harvard, Illinois material, then broader 1960s small-town parade or civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Harvard, Illinois in 1964, a woman stands at a microphone as adults in 1960s clothing gather near the parade route. — A woman stands by a microphone while suited adults and parade spectators cluster nearby.

A red convertible moves past a Harvard, Illinois parade float with a giant milk bottle as spectators line the sidewalk in 1964. — A red convertible passes the dairy-themed float and curbside crowd.

The dairy-themed parade float with a large milk bottle and sponsor lettering passes downtown spectators in Harvard, Illinois in 1964. — The float with a large milk bottle rolls past storefronts and a dense sidewalk crowd.

A parade float carrying a woman in a yellow dress passes spectators and storefronts in Harvard, Illinois during the 1964 street parade. — A woman in a yellow dress rides on the decorated float as spectators watch from the sidewalk.

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