California-1952: Three Women Waving from Parade Floats

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Three Women Waving from Parade Floats — Clip Details

A vibrant 1952 California parade captured on 8mm film, featuring three distinct women in colorful attire waving from floats. One woman in a bright yellow top and silver necklace smiles while waving to a large crowd, another in a blue swimsuit poses near a 'JAPAN' banner, and a third blonde woman waves beneath an 'ENGLAND' sign. The footage shows classic mid-century fashion, festive atmosphere, and the grainy, saturated color typical of vintage home movies, with a large crowd lining the street.

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: 127545487

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 requests needing brief color 8mm shots of women waving from floats before a large public crowd.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century dress, parade signage for Japan and England, crowded sidewalks, and saturated 8mm color consistent with the supplied 1952 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera catches smiling parade participants waving toward spectators from a casual street-level home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three women on parade floats, a dense crowd, international country banners, bright costumes, building facades, and handheld street-parade framing.
Film character: The footage has warm saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld exposure shifts typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century public celebration, pageant, or parade sequences.
Historical context: The frames suggest a civic or themed parade with women representing different countries, but the specific event and float organization are not identified here.
Research note: People and readable country signage are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed separate from any copyright assessment of the physical film scan.
Research search match: 1952 California 8mm parade footage, women waving from floats, international parade banners, mid-century crowd street celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1952 parade footage, then broader 1950s public celebration and pageant material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 California parade footage, a woman in a yellow top and silver necklace waves from a float as spectators fill the street behind her. — Woman in yellow waves from a parade float in front of a large crowd.

A smiling woman in blue waves from a float, with a building facade and partial parade decorations behind her in the 1952 California clip. — Smiling woman in blue waves from a parade float.

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