Quebec-1938: Uniformed Soldiers with Rifles in Formation

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Quebec Canada

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Uniformed Soldiers with Rifles in Formation — Clip Details

QUEBEC-1938: Men in iconic red Beefeater uniforms stand in precise formation during a military demonstration. The soldiers, holding rifles at attention, move in unison across a sunlit courtyard. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the ceremonial discipline of the guards with authentic period color and grain. The scene unfolds under bright daylight, with trees and historic stone walls in the background, evoking a sense of tradition and historical pageantry. This vintage home movie offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century military rituals.

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: 127267663

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Quebec, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1930s Quebec home-movie footage suited to archival requests for ceremonial military formations, guards in red uniforms, and period public demonstrations.
Period detail: The red tunics, dark trousers, rifles, drill formation, and stone or institutional buildings may show late-1930s ceremonial military pageantry in Quebec.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing the formation from a distance as the men stand and move in coordinated drill rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of uniformed men, rifles held in formation, red jackets, dark trousers, a paved courtyard, trees, and pale-roofed buildings behind them.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie record of the scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or contextual cutaway for ceremonial military discipline, travel memory, or prewar public spectacle.
Historical context: The footage visually situates uniformed drill as a public-facing ceremonial display, with spectatorship implied by the camera's distant home-movie position.
Research note: People and military-style uniforms are visible, so likeness, institutional identification, and copyright status should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s Quebec military demonstration, 8mm ceremonial guards, red-uniform rifle drill, and vintage home movie parade formation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with Quebec 1938 material, and finally with other ceremonial guard, military drill, or public pageantry footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Quebec home-movie frame showing uniformed men in red tunics standing in formation with rifles in a courtyard. — Uniformed men stand in ordered rows with rifles during a ceremonial drill.

1938 Quebec footage frame with red-coated uniformed men aligned in drill formation, rifles visible across the row. — The formation remains aligned as rifles are held in a coordinated ceremonial posture.

1938 Quebec home-movie frame showing a distant ceremonial formation of uniformed men with rifles in a paved open area. — Rows of red-uniformed men hold position in the courtyard during the drill.

1938 Quebec frame showing uniformed men in red tunics with rifles raised or angled in unison during a ceremonial drill. — Rifles appear angled together as the group moves through a synchronized drill position.

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