Cleveland Ohio-1937: Soldiers In Bearskin Hats March In Parade

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

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Soldiers In Bearskin Hats March In Parade — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO-1937: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a disciplined military parade marching down a city street. Soldiers in dark uniforms and tall bearskin hats march in formation, their white gloves and sashes contrasting against the black-and-white film. The street is lined with period automobiles and storefronts, including a visible 'Cleveland Paint Color' sign, grounding the scene in mid-20th century urban America. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 125778095

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 1001 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1937-1938-1939
Reel-level location note: Cleveland
Date: 1937 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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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 1930s Cleveland parade or military procession requests needing brief real 8mm urban street footage.
Period detail: Visible period clues include black-and-white 8mm film, 1930s automobiles, storefront signage, uniforms, white gloves, and tall bearskin-style hats.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a street-level home-movie viewpoint as the camera holds on a marching formation approaching through city traffic.
What appears in frame: The frames show uniformed marchers, tall dark hats, a suited man walking beside them, parked cars, storefronts, streetcar tracks, and a Cleveland paint sign.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm texture through grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for civic ceremony, military pageantry, or Depression-era city life.
Historical context: The scene shows a formal uniformed procession moving through a commercial Cleveland street, with civilian buildings and automobiles framing the event.
Research note: Faces and storefront signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Cleveland 8mm parade footage, soldiers in bearskin hats, vintage military procession, and urban home movie street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel parade footage, then with Cleveland 1937 street scenes, then with broader 1930s civic or military procession material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Cleveland home-movie frame showing a uniformed parade group in tall dark hats marching past storefronts and parked cars. — Uniformed marchers enter the frame on a city street with storefront signage behind them.

1937 Cleveland street view with uniformed men in bearskin-style hats marching toward the camera in formation. — The parade formation advances toward the camera with cars and storefronts along the street.

Close 1937 Cleveland frame of uniformed parade marchers with tall hats, white gloves, and a suited man at the side. — Front ranks pass near the camera as a suited man walks beside the formation.

1937 Cleveland home-movie frame showing the parade group close to camera, with tall hats, dark uniforms, and street traffic behind. — The formation fills the frame as it passes, with automobiles visible down the street.

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