Yokohama Japan-1954: Dancers in Traditional Costumes Performing at a Street Festival

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationYokohama, Japan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Yokohama Japan

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Dancers in Traditional Costumes Performing at a Street... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage footage captures a lively street performance in Yokohama, Japan. Dancers in colorful traditional costumes, including striped robes and red-and-black garments, perform with drums and instruments along a paved walkway. A green metal barricade lines the route, suggesting a public festival or parade. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, preserving a moment of cultural celebration and community joy from mid-century Japan.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125882461

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: Yes

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Yokohama, Japan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Japan archive requests needing short home-movie footage of a public street festival, costumed dancers, and live performance for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, mid-century clothing glimpsed at the edges, paved public walkway, and metal crowd barriers may show an organized 1954 street performance in Yokohama.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, watching performers pass near a barricaded route rather than presenting a staged or formally composed performance record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include costumed performers, striped garments, red-and-black robes, drums, hand-held instruments, green metal barricades, paved ground, and partial spectators.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, faded color, frame weave, and slight exposure variation give the footage a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cultural cutaway, memory beat, transition, or period insert for sequences about postwar Japan, festivals, travel, or public life.
Historical context: The footage documents a public performance setting with dancers and musicians moving along a controlled route, but the specific festival or group is not identified in the frames.
Research note: People and audible music require review for likeness and music rights, while no visible logos, private property, or children are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1954 Yokohama 8mm street festival, Japan home movie dancers, traditional costume parade footage, and mid-century Japanese public performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 Yokohama material, then broader 1950s Japan festival, parade, dance, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Yokohama home-movie frame showing costumed street performers with instruments near green crowd barriers. — Costumed performers pass along a barricaded public route during the street performance.

1954 Yokohama frame of a robed performer holding an instrument beside metal street barriers. — A robed performer pauses or plays near the barricaded festival route.

1954 Yokohama street festival frame with costumed performers moving past green barricades on pavement. — Performers in contrasting costumes move through the frame as the parade continues.

1954 Yokohama frame showing a striped-costume performer with a drum-like instrument on a barricaded walkway. — A performer with a drum-like instrument passes along the festival route.

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