Ottawa Canada-1967: Soldiers in Red Tunics and Black Bearskin Hats at Ceremonial Parade

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

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Soldiers in Red Tunics and Black Bearskin Hats at... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage footage captures a ceremonial parade of soldiers in Ottawa, Canada. The guards wear distinctive red tunics and tall black bearskin hats, standing in precise formation on a wide paved area. In the background, the iconic Château Frontenac-style architecture of a government building rises under a clear sky. The clip shows the disciplined movement of the troops, with some soldiers marching in unison while others remain at attention, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Canadian military tradition and ceremonial pageantry.

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: 125636176

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 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: 1960s 8mm footage suited to editorial requests for Canadian ceremonial military pageantry, public parades, and Ottawa travel or civic-history sequences.
Period detail: The red tunics, tall black bearskin hats, broad paved parade ground, and distant formal architecture provide visible period clues consistent with 1967 Ottawa footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching uniformed guards form and march from a fixed distance rather than from an official parade viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red-coated guards, black bearskin hats, white belts, a paved parade area, distant marching ranks, formal buildings, open sky, and light film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and slight handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for ceremonial duty, Canadian travel memory, military tradition, or 1960s public spectacle.
Historical context: The scene shows ceremonial soldiers in formation in Ottawa, reflecting public pageantry and formal military display without confirming a specific event from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and ceremonial uniform concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 Ottawa 8mm guards parade, Canadian ceremonial soldiers red tunics, bearskin hats parade ground, and vintage military ceremony footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Ottawa material, then broader 1960s Canadian parade or ceremonial military footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Ottawa 8mm frame showing ceremonial guards in red tunics and black bearskin hats standing in formation on a broad paved area. — Guards in red tunics stand at attention while another formation appears farther across the parade ground.

Ceremonial guards in Ottawa appear in two formations, with red tunics and bearskin hats visible across a wide parade surface. — A line of guards stands in the foreground as another group forms up in the distance.

1967 Ottawa footage frame with red-coated guards seen from behind and additional ceremonial soldiers arranged farther down the paved ground. — Foreground guards watch or wait as a smaller formation stands farther along the parade area.

Ottawa ceremonial parade frame showing guards in red tunics and bearskin hats from a home-movie viewpoint, with formal buildings beyond. — Rows of ceremonial guards remain in formation on the open paved ground.

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