New York City-1962: Bagpipers and Drummers at Parade

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York City

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Bagpipers and Drummers at Parade — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1962: A vibrant 8mm home movie captures a lively parade on a bright, sunny day. A marching band in green and white uniforms plays drums and brass instruments, while a group of pipers in traditional tartan kilts performs with bagpipes. Spectators line the city streets, watching the procession pass by storefronts with awnings. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127009544

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1962 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: New York City, New York, 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 1960s New York City parade coverage, especially documentary or editorial sequences needing marching musicians, spectators, and street-procession atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color footage with formal parade dress, tartan kilts, storefront awnings, and dense sidewalk crowds consistent with the 1962 New York City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a spectator position across the street, preserving the informal timing and partial obstructions of a real parade viewed from the crowd.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed drummers, a U.S. flag, bagpipers in tartan kilts, sidewalk spectators, city storefronts, awnings, and bright sunlit pavement.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the parade footage authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban parades, ethnic music, 1960s public gatherings, or street-crowd atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage documents a public city parade with musicians and spectators, showing how formal marching groups and sidewalk audiences occupied New York streets in the early 1960s.
Research note: People and faces are visible, audible music is flagged, and any use should review likeness, performance, and music rights separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 New York City parade 8mm, bagpipe band home movie, tartan kilt pipers street procession, and 1960s urban crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1962 New York City street material, and then with other parade, marching band, or bagpipe performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 New York City parade footage shows drummers in light uniforms marching past spectators along a sunlit street. — Drummers pass the crowd at the start of the parade view.

A U.S. flag moves through the 1962 New York City parade as suited participants pass a crowded sidewalk. — Flag bearers and marchers cross the frame before the crowd.

Bagpipers in tartan kilts march through a 1962 New York City parade while spectators watch from the sidewalk. — Kilted pipers enter the frame in front of the sidewalk crowd.

The parade continues with tartan-clad bagpipers crossing the frame before a dense New York City sidewalk crowd in 1962. — Bagpipers continue past the spectators in bright daylight.

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