California-1952: Beautiful And Slender Women In Colored Floats From Their

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Beautiful And Slender Women In Colored Floats From Their — Clip Details

A vibrant 1952 8mm home movie captures a beauty pageant parade in California, featuring slender women in colorful swimsuits and sashes representing different states. A contestant in a pink one-piece and sash waves from a decorated float labeled 'CANADA' and 'CONNECTICUT', with palm trees and crowds visible in the background. The footage shows the lively atmosphere of a mid-century American festival, with bright colors, period fashion, and classic parade energy, all preserved in authentic Super 8 film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127545384

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational sequences about beauty pageants, parade floats, and mid-century public festivities.
Period detail: The swimsuits, sashes, decorated float signage, bunting, palm trees, and color 8mm look support a 1950s outdoor parade setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot feel, following smiling contestants as they wave from floats toward the parade crowd and camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimsuit contestants, state or country sashes, Canada and Connecticut float signage, bunting, palm trees, crowd edges, and sunlit street-side buildings.
Film character: The footage carries warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century pageantry, festival culture, or public celebration scenes.
Historical context: The frames show a staged parade presentation of women representing places on decorated floats, reflecting period pageant display without confirming the event name.
Research note: Faces and readable float signage are visible, so likeness, trademark or design, and event-identification review may be needed separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s California beauty pageant parade, 8mm swimsuit contestant float, mid-century festival women waving, and home movie parade crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same parade, then California 1952 outdoor festival footage, then other mid-century pageant or float procession clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California parade frame showing a woman in a pink swimsuit and sash waving beside a decorated Canada float. — Contestant in a pink swimsuit waves from a Canada-labeled parade float.

1952 California parade view of a contestant in a pink swimsuit waving near a tall white float marked Canada. — A contestant waves in profile beside the Canada float during the parade.

Close 1952 California parade frame with a smiling swimsuit contestant waving in front of Canada float lettering and street buildings. — The camera moves closer as the contestant smiles and waves near the float signage.

1952 California parade frame showing a smiling contestant in a pink swimsuit and sash on a float marked Connecticut. — A contestant waves from a Connecticut-labeled float with palm trees and spectators behind her.

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