New Hampshire-1952: Military Ceremony with Rocket Display

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

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Military Ceremony with Rocket Display — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a military ceremony in New Hampshire. Soldiers in dark uniforms stand at attention on a raised platform, saluting during a public event. A crowd of civilians, including women in hats and coats, watches from below. In the background, a large white rocket model stands near trees, suggesting a Cold War-era display. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of 8mm home movies, evoking a sense of historical Americana and national pride.

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: 125228517

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: 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New Hampshire home-movie footage for edits needing a public military ceremony, civic crowd reaction, or Cold War-era Americana context.
Period detail: Dark dress uniforms, civilian hats and coats, a raised outdoor stage, and a white rocket-like display may show early 1950s public ceremony styling.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from the saluting soldiers onstage to nearby civilians and a uniformed man smiling with a camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include soldiers on a platform, salutes, spectators, women in coats and hats, trees, a vertical banner or placard, and a white rocket-like display.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, handheld framing, and dark frame edges typical of mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, civic ceremony cutaway, military remembrance beat, or transition into postwar public life and display culture.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public gathering where uniformed men are honored or presented before civilians, with a rocket-like object suggesting period interest in military technology.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and military uniforms appear; copyright, likeness, and any event-specific permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s New Hampshire military ceremony, 8mm soldiers saluting on stage, civic crowd home movie, and Cold War public display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then New Hampshire 1952 civic scenes, then broader 1950s military ceremony or public event material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 New Hampshire home-movie footage, uniformed men salute on a raised outdoor platform as a civilian crowd watches. — Uniformed men salute on a public stage before spectators.

Uniformed men salute on an outdoor platform in New Hampshire, with spectators, trees, and a rocket-like display nearby. — A saluting line of uniformed men stands on the platform.

The 1952 home movie shows uniformed men saluting from a raised stage with civilians gathered around the outdoor ceremony. — The ceremony continues with soldiers at attention onstage.

A uniformed man holding a camera smiles beside a woman in a light coat and hat during the New Hampshire event. — A uniformed man with a camera stands near a woman in a light coat.

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