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California-1952: Beauty Queen Waving from Parade Float

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

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Beauty Queen Waving from 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

  • clothes
  • color
  • people
  • outdoors
  • objects
  • beauty
  • queen
  • waving
  • happily
  • california
  • 1952
  • 1952 beauty queen parade
  • California 1952 parade
  • vintage 8mm parade footage
  • retro beauty pageant
  • 1950s home movie
  • American parade
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1950s nostalgia
  • vintage parade float
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival parade footage
  • 1950s California
  • vintage beauty queen
  • 8mm film grain
  • retro parade
  • vintage 1952 footage
  • 8mm color film
  • vintage community event
  • 1950s crowd scene
  • vintage carnival

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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