A vibrant 1966 parade in Norfolk, Virginia, captured on 8mm film, features a massive, elaborately decorated float shaped like a boat with a woman in a swimsuit and a man in a sailor outfit waving to the crowd. Spectators line the street, watching the procession pass a Hertz Rent-A-Car storefront under bright daylight. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld camera perspective, evoking a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the mid-1960s.
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