Quebec-1938: Red-Uniformed Soldiers in Formation

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Quebec Canada

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Red-Uniformed Soldiers in Formation — Clip Details

QUEBEC-1938: Soldiers in vibrant red uniforms and black bearskin hats stand in precise formation during a military marching practice. The 8mm home movie footage captures the disciplined rows of troops holding rifles at attention on a sunlit courtyard, with trees and stone buildings in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the vintage film enhances the historical atmosphere, offering authentic archival footage of early 20th-century military drills.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267671

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: Supports 1930s Quebec archive requests needing color 8mm military formation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: Red tunics, dark trousers, bearskin-style hats, rifles, and formal ranks may show a ceremonial military drill consistent with the supplied 1938 Quebec metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing the soldiers from a fixed distance without staged interaction or close access.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ranks of uniformed soldiers, rifles held at attention, a paved parade ground, trees, rooflines, shadows, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, color fading, slight softness, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, historical cutaway, or transition beat for military ceremony, public spectacle, or prewar-era context.
Historical context: The footage visually documents ordered military display in a public or institutional outdoor setting, without enough detail to identify the unit or occasion.
Research note: People and military activity are visible, so likeness, institutional, and context review may still be needed in addition to copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Quebec 8mm soldiers marching, red uniform military drill, bearskin hats parade ground, and home movie troops in formation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Quebec material, then broader ceremonial military or uniformed marching scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Quebec home-movie frame showing soldiers in red uniforms and dark hats lined up with rifles on a sunlit parade ground. — Soldiers in red tunics stand in formation with rifles at attention.

1938 Quebec frame of uniformed soldiers in red tunics arranged in ranks, with rifles and trees visible behind them. — A wide rank of soldiers holds position across the courtyard.

1938 Quebec home-movie frame showing a long formation of soldiers in red uniforms, with rifles and shaded trees in the background. — Long ranks of red-uniformed soldiers stand at attention.

1938 Quebec frame showing soldiers in red tunics and dark hats standing in organized ranks on an outdoor parade ground. — The formation continues across the parade ground beneath trees.

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