Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida-1948: Performers Behind The Scenes

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationRingling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida

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Performers Behind The Scenes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this archival footage captures behind-the-scenes moments at the Ringling Brothers circus in Sarasota, Florida. A performer in a vibrant purple costume with a matching feathered hat adjusts his headwear while smoking a cigarette. The scene shifts to show a woman in a patterned dress and elaborate headpiece, with another person in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and the candid atmosphere of a live performance venue.

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: 124551463

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: 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1948 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: Ringling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, 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: This 1948 8mm circus backstage clip helps documentary or museum editors illustrate mid-century performers preparing between public-facing show moments.
Period detail: Visible clues include feathered stage costume, headpieces, canvas-like circus surroundings, and visitor-shot framing consistent with the supplied 1948 Sarasota circus metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid pause: performers adjust costume pieces, smoke, and stand among other people rather than presenting a staged routine.
What appears in frame: The frames show a purple-costumed male performer, feathered hat, cigarette, seated people, patterned dress, elaborate headpiece, backstage structures, and handheld framing.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight blur, uneven exposure, and strong magenta-blue color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief backstage insert, circus transition, performer cutaway, or memory beat before or after arena performance footage.
Historical context: The footage documents visible backstage social space around circus performers without supporting claims about named individuals or a specific performance.
Research note: People and identifiable faces are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment of the film source.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s circus backstage 8mm, Ringling Brothers Sarasota performers, vintage circus costume home movie, and mid-century circus smoking cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1948 Sarasota Ringling Brothers material, then broader vintage circus backstage or performer costume footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the 1948 Sarasota circus footage, a performer in a purple feathered costume adjusts headwear near seated people and canvas-like structures. — A purple-costumed performer adjusts a feathered hat in a backstage circus area.

A male-presenting performer in purple circus costume smokes a cigarette while holding a matching feathered hat in the Sarasota footage. — The performer pauses with a cigarette and adjusts the feathered hat.

The purple-costumed performer smokes beside seated people and metal supports in a candid 1948 Sarasota circus backstage view. — A candid backstage moment shows the performer smoking beside seated people.

A woman in a patterned dress and ornate headpiece stands near another woman in a candid backstage circus scene from the supplied 1948 Sarasota clip. — A woman wearing an elaborate headpiece stands with another person nearby.

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