New York City-1962: Marching Band in Gold Jackets and White Skirts

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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 in Gold Jackets and White Skirts — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1962 captures a marching band performing at night in New York City. The musicians wear distinctive uniforms featuring gold-embroidered jackets, white skirts, and tall white caps, illuminated by blue-tinted stage lighting. The footage shows the band members marching in formation, their instruments gleaming under the dramatic nighttime glow. The grainy, slightly blurred quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to its nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse of a mid-century parade or performance.

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: 127009858

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 archive requests needing nighttime parade, marching band, or public performance footage for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The uniforms, white caps, short skirts, and saturated 8mm night color may show an early-1960s public marching-band performance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot home-movie viewpoint, watching performers pass in formation under difficult nighttime lighting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed band members, gold-toned jackets, white skirts, tall white caps, instruments, street spectators, and dark city buildings.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, blue night exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century urban nightlife, parade, or community performance sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public street performance or parade setting, with coordinated women performers moving through a city night environment.
Research note: People and audible music are present, so likeness, performance, and music rights should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 New York City 8mm marching band at night, women in parade uniforms, and vintage street performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 New York City material, then related marching band or nighttime parade clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 New York City 8mm frame showing marching band members in white caps, gold-toned jackets, and white skirts at night. — Band members in uniform march past the camera under blue nighttime light.

Nighttime 8mm frame of a uniformed marching band in New York City, with a suited onlooker visible at right. — The formation continues past a street-side spectator in low light.

1962 New York City home-movie frame with band members approaching in coordinated white caps, gold jackets, and white skirts. — Performers approach in close formation, softened by grain and night exposure.

Wide 1962 New York City 8mm view of a marching band proceeding along a nighttime street with spectators nearby. — A wider angle places the band within the nighttime city street setting.

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