Yokohama Japan-1954: Marching Band Playing Brass at Army Port

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

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Marching Band Playing Brass at Army Port — Clip Details

YOKOHAMA JAPAN-1954: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a lively scene at an army port, where a marching band in crisp uniforms plays trumpets and other brass instruments. The band performs in front of a large crowd of onlookers, with rows of classic 1950s automobiles parked nearby. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a bustling atmosphere with people gathered to watch the performance, set against the backdrop of a large industrial building with 'ARMY PORT' visible. The grainy, slightly faded color and subtle camera movement evoke a strong sense of mid-century nostalgia and historical documentation.

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: 125882550

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: Yes

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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 documentary edits needing Yokohama port activity, U.S. Army presence, public ceremony atmosphere, or home-movie views of a brass band performance.
Period detail: The scene shows 1950s automobiles, uniformed band members, spectators, and a building marked ARMY PORT, consistent with the supplied Yokohama, Japan, 1954 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld visitor perspective watches the band and nearby crowd from across parked cars, preserving casual public attention rather than staged news coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brass instruments, uniformed musicians, spectators, parked 1950s cars, an industrial port structure, and partial ARMY PORT lettering.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture from the mid-century period.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or establishing cutaway for postwar Japan, military port activity, public ceremony, or period street life.
Historical context: The clip visually places a uniformed brass band and civilian onlookers in a busy port setting without proving the occasion, organization, or official event beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People, faces, military setting, visible ARMY PORT text, and audible music merit review for likeness, trademark or signage, contextual, and music rights separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1954 Yokohama 8mm footage, Army Port marching band, postwar Japan brass band, 1950s port crowd, and vintage military ceremony.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Yokohama port scenes, then other 1954 Japan footage, then broader 1950s military band, port, crowd, and automobile material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yokohama, Japan, 1954 home-movie frame of a brass band performing beside parked cars and onlookers at an army port. — Band members with large brass instruments perform in front of parked cars and spectators.

Yokohama 1954 frame showing brass players and a crowd among parked mid-century cars near an army port structure. — Brass instruments face the camera while onlookers and parked cars fill the port-side background.

1954 Yokohama army port frame with uniformed musicians, brass instruments, spectators, and parked cars in soft 8mm color. — Uniformed musicians perform beside a line of mid-century cars as spectators watch from the port area.

Yokohama, Japan, 1954 frame showing partial ARMY PORT signage, a crowd, parked cars, and foreground brass instruments. — Partial ARMY PORT lettering appears above a crowd while band instruments and cars remain in the foreground.

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