California-1952: A Beauty Queen Waving Happily from a Parade Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Beauty Queen Waving Happily from a Parade Float — Clip Details

A vibrant 1952 8mm home movie captures a beauty queen waving from a parade float in California. Dressed in a light blue swimsuit and sash, she smiles and gestures to a large crowd gathered along the street. The footage shows other performers in colorful costumes marching, with palm trees and buildings in the background. The warm, faded colors and film grain give the clip a nostalgic, authentic vintage feel, typical of mid-century American parades and community celebrations.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545365

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 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 1950s California parade coverage, beauty-pageant context, or mid-century community celebration inserts in documentary and editorial productions.
Period detail: The swimsuit, sash, parade float crown marked Brazil, palm-lined street, and dense sidewalk crowd support a mid-century civic parade setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot home-movie feel, watching performers and a beauty queen wave from a float as the crowd looks on from the street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waving beauty queen, a Brazil float sign, parade crowd, palm trees, street performers, building facades, bunting, and soft film edges.
Film character: Warm faded color, visible grain, gate shadows, slight blur, and uneven exposure give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short parade insert, beauty queen cutaway, mid-century public-event transition, or nostalgic memory beat.
Historical context: The footage shows public spectatorship around a parade float and costumed performers, reflecting a community celebration visible in the home-movie record.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the Brazil float text or emblem may require review; copyright, likeness, and event-related rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California 8mm parade footage, beauty queen waving on float, mid-century home movie crowd, and vintage swimsuit pageant parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other California 1952 parade material, then broader 1950s beauty queen or civic celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame showing a parade route with a large crowd, costumed performers, and buildings behind the street. — Spectators line the street as parade performers pass in front of mid-century buildings.

1952 California parade frame with a beauty queen on a float, crowd below, palm fronds, and urban building details in the background. — A beauty queen stands on a float as the parade crowd gathers below.

1952 California home-movie frame showing a beauty queen waving from a float marked Brazil, with palm trees and spectators visible below. — The beauty queen waves beside a crown-topped float sign reading Brazil.

1952 California parade frame showing the beauty queen smiling and waving on a Brazil-themed float above a crowded street scene. — A beauty queen waves from the Brazil float as spectators fill the street below.

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