Minnesota USA-1961: Car Pulling Float Down Street And Blue Convertible With Woman

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Car Pulling Float Down Street And Blue Convertible With... — Clip Details

A vibrant 1961 parade in Minnesota unfolds with a bright blue convertible cruising down the street, its passenger waving from the back. A woman in a white fur-trimmed coat and hat sits atop the car, holding a yellow ball, while a sign on the side reads 'Miss Minnesota.' The scene shifts to a white classic car pulling a whimsical float shaped like a giant cocktail glass, complete with a pink umbrella and fluffy white trim. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the lively atmosphere of a mid-century American parade with period clothing, vintage storefronts, and nostalgic charm.

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: 125498073

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 requests needing early 1960s Minnesota parade footage, vintage automobiles, beauty-pageant procession imagery, or community street-event inserts for documentary and editorial productions.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century cars, storefront signage, formal parade attire, and a novelty float that support the supplied 1961 setting without identifying a specific city or event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a curbside spectator viewpoint, catching the woman waving from a convertible and a following float as they pass through a crowded downtown street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue convertible, a woman in a white fur-trimmed outfit, a side sign, spectators, dry-cleaning storefront signage, a white car, and a cocktail-glass float.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, slight gate shadowing, and handheld framing that give the parade scene a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief parade insert, a mid-century street-life transition, a beauty-pageant cutaway, or a memory beat around local celebration.
Historical context: The scene documents a public civic parade with spectators, storefronts, display vehicles, and costumed participants, reflecting local entertainment and pageantry of the period.
Research note: People, readable signage, and visible commercial brands require review for likeness, trademark, and location context; copyright clearance is separate from those issues.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Minnesota parade 8mm footage, blue convertible parade woman waving, Miss Minnesota car, vintage street float, and home movie community parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Minnesota 1961 street scenes, then with broader vintage parade, convertible, pageant, or novelty-float material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota parade view of a blue convertible carrying a woman in a white fur-trimmed outfit past downtown storefronts. — A blue convertible passes spectators with a woman seated on the rear deck during the parade.

A woman in white parade attire waves from a blue convertible on a Minnesota street, with storefront signs and onlookers behind her. — The convertible passenger waves while seated above the rear of the car.

The blue parade convertible continues past a storefront, with the woman seated at the rear and a sign attached to the car door. — The parade car rolls by with a sign fixed to the side and spectators nearby.

A white 1960s car pulls a parade float resembling a giant cocktail glass, with fluffy trim and a pink umbrella visible on the street. — A white car tows a whimsical cocktail-glass float through the parade route.

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