New York City-1962: Marching Band Nighttime Parade Walking Through Street Baton

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York City

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Marching Band Nighttime Parade Walking Through Street Baton — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1962: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a nighttime parade with a marching band. Dressed in white uniforms and tall hats, the musicians march in formation under a deep blue night sky, their instruments and batons visible. A crowd of onlookers watches from the sidelines as the band progresses down the street. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and a cool blue color cast typical of night-time home movies from the early 1960s. This archival footage evokes a sense of nostalgia and community celebration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127009846

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 sequences, community celebration inserts, or documentary scenes needing nighttime marching-band home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white uniforms, tall hats, batons, and 8mm nighttime exposure support an early-1960s street-parade setting without identifying a specific event.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the sidewalk as performers pass, preserving an unstaged spectator viewpoint with crowds gathered along the dark street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include majorettes, marching musicians, tall hats, white uniforms, brass or band instruments, batons, spectators, and a dark city street.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and a cool blue night cast that give the scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban nightlife, civic parade, school-band, or community-celebration sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows public spectators and uniformed performers in a nighttime street parade, reflecting organized community entertainment in an urban setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible and audible music is flagged, so likeness, performance, and music-rights review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Research matches include 1962 New York City 8mm nighttime parade, marching band street footage, majorettes with batons, and home movie crowd watching parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent clips from the same reel, then other 1962 New York City footage, then broader nighttime parade or marching-band home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 New York City home-movie frame showing a majorette or parade leader in a white uniform and tall hat passing a nighttime crowd. — A uniformed parade performer marches past sidewalk spectators under dim nighttime lighting.

A white-uniformed parade leader with a baton marches through a dark New York City street, with spectators and band members behind. — The parade leader moves through the frame as the nighttime crowd remains in shadow.

1962 New York City parade footage shows marching band members in white uniforms and tall hats advancing toward the camera at night. — Band members march in formation, their white uniforms standing out against the dark street.

Marching musicians in tall hats and white trousers fill the frame during a nighttime New York City parade captured on 8mm film. — The band passes close to the camera, with instruments and uniform details visible despite the low light.

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