California-1952: Beauty Queen from Greece Waves from Float

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Beauty Queen from Greece Waves from Float — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from California in 1952 captures a beauty queen from Greece waving to a large crowd during a street parade. She wears a turquoise one-piece swimsuit and white shorts, smiling as she stands on a float adorned with colorful flags. The scene unfolds in front of a multi-story white building under a bright blue sky, with palm trees visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movie recordings from the era.

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: 127545428

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 parade footage suited for documentary or editorial requests needing an immigrant, pageant, or civic celebration insert from home-movie material.
Period detail: The swimsuit styling, parade float, bright bunting, crowd dress, and multi-story streetfront buildings support the stated 1952 California setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator's handheld view as the beauty queen smiles and waves toward the crowd from a moving parade float.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waving woman in a turquoise swimsuit, white shorts, parade flags, balconies, a crowd, palm fronds, and streetfront buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and frame-edge artifacts that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief parade insert, pageant cutaway, civic celebration transition, or memory beat within a 1950s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows public parade spectatorship and mid-century pageant presentation without confirming the event name or organization from the frames alone.
Research note: Human faces and possible signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and event-context review may still be needed separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1950s California parade home movie, Greek beauty queen float, vintage street parade crowd, and 8mm pageant footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1952 California parade material, then with mid-century pageant, crowd, and civic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame of a beauty queen waving from a flag-decorated parade float near a white building. — A smiling beauty queen waves from a parade float decorated with colorful pennants.

A beauty queen on a float waves during a 1952 California street parade, filmed in soft 8mm color. — The float passes a white streetfront building as the woman continues waving.

1952 California parade footage shows another view of the swimsuit-clad beauty queen waving beside bunting and balconies. — A closer float view shows the waving woman framed by building balconies and flags.

A crowd gathers along a California parade route as a flag-decorated float passes under visible streetfront signage. — The wider street view shows the parade crowd, float decorations, palm fronds, and signage.

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