Ottawa Canada-1967: Rcmp Mounted Officer with Flag in Ottawa

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationOttawa, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Ottawa Canada

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Rcmp Mounted Officer with Flag in Ottawa — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage footage captures a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer on horseback during a ceremonial display in Ottawa. The officer, in the iconic red serge uniform and wide-brimmed hat, rides a black horse adorned with yellow trim, holding a flag. The scene transitions from a nighttime setting with illuminated Canadian flags and colorful flowerbeds to a bright daytime parade route, with onlookers and a monument visible in the background. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage of Canadian heritage and public ceremony.

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: 125635663

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 1010 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: montreal canada
Date: 1967 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: Ottawa, Canada 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 Canadian civic ceremony, Ottawa travel, public heritage, or RCMP mounted-guard sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie coverage.
Period detail: The red serge uniform, Canadian flags, flowerbeds, and 8mm color stock support a 1967 Ottawa ceremonial setting, with monuments and park grounds visible but not specifically identified.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching the mounted guard pass through decorated public grounds rather than a staged or formally composed parade film.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an RCMP rider in red serge, a black horse with yellow-trimmed tack, Canadian flags, flowerbeds, park paths, onlookers, lampposts, and distant monuments.
Film character: The footage shows home-movie grain, soft focus, handheld framing, exposure shifts between dark and daylight scenes, and saturated color typical of 8mm reversal film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for Canadian identity, ceremonial display, mounted police, Ottawa tourism, or 1960s public life.
Historical context: The images show a public ceremonial display in landscaped grounds, linking official uniformed presence with visitor spectatorship and civic display in 1960s Ottawa.
Research note: People and an official police uniform are visible, so likeness, institutional insignia, and editorial-context review may still be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1967 Ottawa 8mm RCMP mounted guard, Canadian ceremonial parade home movie, red serge horseback footage, and 1960s Canada public ceremony.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Ottawa material, then broader Canadian ceremony, RCMP, mounted guard, and public-park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Ottawa 8mm frame showing an RCMP mounted guard in red serge riding a black horse past lit flags and flowerbeds. — Mounted RCMP guard passes Canadian flags and bright flowerbeds in a night ceremonial scene.

1967 Ottawa frame with a red-serge RCMP rider on a black horse beside Canadian flags, flowers, and another uniformed figure. — A mounted guard rides through decorated grounds while another uniformed figure appears at the edge of frame.

Daylight 1967 Ottawa frame showing an RCMP mounted guard on a black horse near flowerbeds, onlookers, and a distant monument. — The mounted guard rides along a park route with spectators and a monument visible behind him.

1967 Ottawa daylight frame of a red-serge RCMP rider on a black horse moving past flowerbeds, onlookers, and park monuments. — A red-serge mounted guard passes through landscaped grounds as visitors watch from the path.

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