Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida-1948: Clown Wearing Red Skirt Walks Away From

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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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Clown Wearing Red Skirt Walks Away From — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage footage captures a lively scene at the Ringling Brothers circus in Sarasota, Florida. A clown in a vibrant red skirt and elaborate costume walks through the circus grounds, interacting with performers and staff near a large tent. The sun-drenched outdoor setting features other circus personnel in period attire, with a red truck and laundry lines visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124551753

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s circus-life requests, mid-century Florida Americana, and documentary inserts showing performers and staff around a traveling big-top setting.
Period detail: The clothing, tent structures, circus costumes, red truck, and 8mm color home-movie look support a late-1940s fairground or circus-camp atmosphere.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an informal visitor perspective, watching performers and workers move through the grounds rather than presenting a staged circus act.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow circus tent, costumed clowns, men in period work clothes, a red-skirted performer, a red truck, laundry lines, dirt ground, and spectators.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that reads as original home-movie material from a physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for circus history, mid-century leisure, or behind-the-scenes performance culture.
Historical context: The scene shows people gathered outside circus tents in Sarasota, with performers and staff visible in a workaday area behind or beside the public spectacle.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and Ringling Brothers is identified in metadata, so likeness, trademark, and location-context review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1948 Ringling Brothers Sarasota circus, 8mm circus grounds, vintage clown costume, red skirt clown, and mid-century Florida home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1948 Sarasota Ringling Brothers clips, then broader circus-ground or performer-behind-the-scenes material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Sarasota circus grounds with a red truck, hanging laundry, workers in period clothing, and a blonde person seen from behind. — People stand and move around the circus grounds near a red truck and laundry line.

A costumed clown in a red skirt stands near a yellow circus tent in the Ringling Brothers Sarasota setting, with performers and staff around them. — A red-skirted clown and other circus personnel gather near the tent.

Outside the Sarasota circus tent, the red-skirted clown faces away while staff and costumed performers stand nearby on the dirt grounds. — The clown in the red skirt stands among performers and staff outside the tent.

The red-skirted clown walks away across the circus grounds near the yellow tent, with men and other performers clustered in the background. — The red-skirted clown moves away through the tent-side circus grounds.

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