Pasadena California-1962: Thanksgiving Parade On The Pink Float With A Sea Monster

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationPasadena, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Pasadena California

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Thanksgiving Parade On The Pink Float With A Sea Monster — Clip Details

A vibrant 1962 Pasadena, California Thanksgiving parade captured on 8mm film, featuring elaborately decorated floats covered in pink fabric and gold sequins. A prominent green sea monster float with a long, coiled body moves through the street, surrounded by spectators lining the sidewalks. Participants in white uniforms ride the floats, waving to the crowd under a bright, sunny sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the early 1960s.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127010045

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: No

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
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: Pasadena, California, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing early 1960s Pasadena parade atmosphere, holiday spectacle, or colorful civic street celebration footage.
Period detail: The decorated float, white parade uniforms, street spectators, and 8mm color home-movie look support a 1962 Pasadena parade setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator's curbside viewpoint, with the camera following the float as riders wave and the parade passes through the street.
What appears in frame: Visible details include pink fabric-covered float sections, gold sequins, a green sea monster form, white-uniformed riders, sidewalk spectators, road markings, trees, and nearby buildings.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm texture, visible grain, slight color fading, dark frame edges, and handheld framing typical of scanned amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, holiday parade cutaway, regional memory beat, or transition into early 1960s Southern California civic life.
Historical context: The scene documents a public parade moment with costumed riders and elaborate float design, reflecting a community spectacle rather than a staged studio scene.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious logos appear, and copyright status should be evaluated separately from publicity rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Pasadena parade 8mm footage, Thanksgiving parade float, pink sea monster float, Southern California home movie, and vintage holiday street parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Pasadena 1962 material, then broader 1960s parade, float, holiday, or California street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Pasadena parade footage showing a pink and gold float with a green sea monster element moving past sidewalk spectators. — A pink float with a sea monster theme passes along the parade route.

The Pasadena parade float shows a coiled green sea monster, pink trim, and riders in white uniforms waving from the float. — Riders in white uniforms accompany the sea monster float.

Close curbside view of the 1962 Pasadena parade float, with pink fabric surfaces, gold sequins, and a tall green sea monster form. — The float passes close to the camera, filling much of the frame.

A white-uniformed rider waves beside the green sea monster form as the pink and gold float continues down the Pasadena parade route. — A rider waves from the float as the sea monster section passes by.

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