California-1952: Women on Parade Floats Waving

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Women on Parade Floats Waving — Clip Details

A vibrant 1952 California parade captured on 8mm film, featuring women in retro swimsuits waving from elaborately decorated floats. The first float displays a large globe with 'Catalina Swim Suit' lettering, while subsequent floats highlight a Costa Rica theme with colorful flags and a woman in a yellow swimsuit. The footage shows a sunny day with crowds lining the street, classic mid-century architecture, and the warm, slightly faded color palette characteristic of vintage home movies. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the festive atmosphere and nostalgic charm of a 1950s community celebration.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545415

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: Useful for 1950s California parade sequences, mid-century swimsuit promotion, community celebration context, or documentary cutaways needing brief color home-movie street footage.
Period detail: The frames show 1950s color home-movie footage with swimsuits, parade floats, pennant flags, crowd-lined streets, and mid-century commercial buildings in California.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual spectator viewpoint as women on floats wave toward the street crowd and camera during a sunny public parade.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimsuit-clad women, decorated parade floats, a large globe sign, Costa Rica-themed float details, colorful pennants, street crowds, and mid-century buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, warm faded color, slight gate edges, and a mostly static home-movie camera position that preserves the period texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quick insert, transition, or memory beat for 1950s leisure culture, public festivities, swimwear promotion, or California street life.
Historical context: The clip reflects a public parade setting where women in swimsuits appear as featured float participants before a crowd, with visible commercial signage requiring cautious identification.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and brand or sponsor wording appears on floats, so copyright, trademark, publicity, and likeness considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1952 California parade home movie, 8mm swimsuit parade float, Catalina swimsuit float, Costa Rica themed parade float, and 1950s women waving.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 California parade material, then broader 1950s community parade, swimwear, and street celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California parade frame showing a float with a large globe sign reading Catalina Swim Suit and a woman in a pink swimsuit waving. — A swimsuit-themed parade float passes a city building with a woman waving beside a large globe sign.

1952 California parade frame with a woman in a yellow swimsuit waving from a Costa Rica-themed float with pennant flags and spectators below. — A woman waves from a Costa Rica-themed float as spectators watch from the street.

1952 California parade frame showing two women in swimsuits on a Costa Rica-themed float, with one wearing a sash near a building facade. — Two swimsuit-clad women ride a decorated float past a mid-century building.

1952 California parade frame with a woman in a blue swimsuit waving beside a Costa Rica-themed float and colorful pennant flags. — A woman in a blue swimsuit waves from the side of a parade float beneath colorful pennants.

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