Minnesota USA-1961: Giant Martini Glass Float Pulled by Cadillac

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

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Giant Martini Glass Float Pulled by Cadillac — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a whimsical parade float in Minnesota, USA. The float, designed as a giant martini glass filled with a cocktail and a bottle of wine, is pulled by a classic white 1960s Cadillac. The scene unfolds on a city street lined with mid-century storefronts, including a Mobil gas station and a Kendall Second Hand Store. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows the float moving slowly past onlookers, with the distinctive white fur trim and colorful drink props creating a nostalgic, celebratory atmosphere.

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: 125498075

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 1960s Minnesota parade coverage, mid-century street life, novelty alcohol-themed float visuals, or documentary inserts about local celebrations.
Period detail: The white finned Cadillac, Mobil sign, Kendall Second Hand Store sign, and storefront facades support an early-1960s American city-street setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a curbside spectator viewpoint, following the car and float as they pass rather than staging the scene for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white Cadillac, a large cocktail-glass parade float, fur-like white trim, a bottle prop, storefront signs, street lane markings, and sidewalk spectators.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of home-movie parade footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century festivities, alcohol-themed novelty displays, or small-city parades.
Historical context: The clip documents a public parade scene where local commercial streetscape, automobile styling, and humorous float design appear together in one short view.
Research note: Brand signage and bystanders are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-related clearance should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Minnesota parade footage, 8mm home movie Cadillac pulling float, martini glass parade float, and vintage alcohol-themed celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Minnesota 1961 street or parade scenes, then with vintage festival, novelty float, or food-and-drink footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a white Cadillac pulling a large martini-glass parade float along a city street. — A white Cadillac begins to pass with a tall cocktail-themed parade float behind it.

The car and novelty drink float continue along a Minnesota street with Mobil and Kendall storefront signage visible. — The float rolls past mid-century storefronts, with the Cadillac partly ahead of it.

A close curbside view centers the tall cocktail float, with the white Cadillac partly leaving the frame on a 1961 Minnesota street. — The float fills the frame as the towing car moves out of view.

The parade float, trimmed in white and topped with oversized drink props, passes storefronts and spectators in Minnesota in 1961. — The novelty float continues down the street with storefront signage in the background.

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