California-1952: Woman in Sash Waves from Denmark Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Sash Waves from Denmark Float — Clip Details

A woman in a teal swimsuit and sash waves from a parade float during a 1952 California celebration. The float, adorned with flags and a banner reading 'DENMARK,' moves through a crowd-lined street. Spectators watch from a multi-story building with a 'HARVARD' sign visible. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures vibrant colors, vintage fashion, and the festive atmosphere of a mid-century American parade.

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: 127545425

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, immigrant heritage, pageant, and civic celebration sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The teal swimsuit, sash, decorated float, street crowds, and mid-century building facade support an early-1950s parade setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the sash-wearing woman as she waves and poses from the float, preserving an informal spectator viewpoint from the street.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the Denmark float, a waving woman in a sash, flags and bunting, dense spectators, rooftop onlookers, and a Harvard sign.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and exposure shifts typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief parade insert, heritage celebration cutaway, crowd reaction bridge, or nostalgic civic memory beat.
Historical context: The footage shows a public parade float presenting Denmark-themed decoration within a crowd-lined California street scene.
Research note: People, faces, a readable Harvard sign, and float text are visible, so likeness, trademark, and event-identification review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California parade float, Denmark sash woman, 1950s civic celebration, vintage 8mm parade crowd, and home movie pageant footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1952 California parade material, then broader 1950s street celebration or ethnic heritage float footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 California parade footage, a sash-wearing woman in teal waves from a decorated float as people watch from windows and a rooftop. — A sash-wearing woman waves from the Denmark-themed parade float below building spectators.

The woman stands on the Denmark-themed float, with flags, bunting, street spectators, and a readable Harvard sign in the background. — The float passes a crowd-lined street with Denmark lettering and a visible Harvard sign behind it.

The sash-wearing woman leans forward and waves on the Denmark float, with flags and a red Harvard sign visible on the building behind. — A closer view shows the woman waving from the Denmark float during the parade.

The camera frames the woman from mid-body to legs on the float platform, with the parade crowd and float decorations behind her. — The final frame holds on the woman standing above the crowd on the decorated float.

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