New Hampshire-1952: U.S. Army Soldiers Marching With Flags In Practice Drill

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationNew Hampshire, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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U.S. Army Soldiers Marching With Flags In Practice Drill — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures U.S. Army soldiers in uniform marching in formation during a practice drill. Soldiers carry American flags and other military colors, their movements synchronized across a grassy field. The scene unfolds at a military base with brick barracks in the background and a military truck visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The soldiers wear helmets and dark uniforms, with officers in dress uniforms seen in later frames. This authentic 1950s military footage is ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125228429

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: 1952 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: New Hampshire, 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: 1950s U.S. Army practice-drill footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing soldiers marching with flags on a base field.
Period detail: The helmets, dress uniforms, large U.S. flags, military colors, truck, and long barracks visible in the frames support a 1952 New Hampshire Army-base setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor or participant-shot home movie, observing the drill from field level as formations pass rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include marching soldiers, American flags, red military colors, officers in darker dress uniforms, a grassy parade field, barracks, a truck, and distant hills.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight gate marks, and handheld framing that give the drill a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for 1950s military training, patriotic ceremony, base life, or personal-memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents organized Army drill practice and ceremonial flag handling on a military field without establishing a named unit or specific public event.
Research note: People, faces, military uniforms, flags, and possible insignia are visible, so likeness, trademark, military-symbol, and location context should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm Army drill, New Hampshire soldiers marching, U.S. flags military formation, 1950s base parade field, and home movie Army practice.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 New Hampshire military-base footage, then broader 1950s U.S. Army training or flag ceremony material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 New Hampshire 8mm frame showing U.S. Army soldiers marching with American flags and military colors on a grassy base field. — Soldiers carry flags during a practice formation on a military field.

Army flag bearers march in formation with U.S. flags and red colors, with officers visible at the edge of the field. — Flag-bearing soldiers pass officers during the drill.

1952 home-movie frame of a dense Army formation following flag bearers across a New Hampshire base field. — A marching formation follows the color bearers across the parade field.

U.S. Army officers and soldiers march on a grassy field, with barracks and low hills visible in the background. — Officers lead or pass a formation near barracks on the base field.

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