California-1939: Patriotic Parade Float Moving Slowly

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Patriotic Parade Float Moving Slowly — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a patriotic parade float moving slowly through a sunny street. The float features a large blue and white structure with patriotic text, including 'God Bless America' and 'Adams County,' adorned with red, white, and blue bunting and American flags. A statue stands at the center, surrounded by onlookers in period attire. The footage shows classic 1930s film grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127571299

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California home-movie footage for requests needing a patriotic parade float, civic celebration, or small-town holiday procession insert.
Period detail: Visible clues include red, white, and blue bunting, American flags, painted patriotic lettering, period street spectators, and a float sign that appears to read Columbia Basin.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a close visitor-level view as the float passes, preserving the partial framing and quick glimpses typical of an amateur parade recording.
What appears in frame: The clip shows striped bunting, flag-draped float panels, a central sculptural form, patriotic signs, sunny street light, and brief onlookers near the parade route.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm color fading, gate edges, dust specks, and uneven exposure that mark it as original physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for civic ritual, Independence Day imagery, patriotic display, or Depression-era public life.
Historical context: The footage documents a public parade setting where civic and patriotic symbols are staged on a moving float, without enough visible evidence to identify the event.
Research note: People and readable signage are visible, so review likeness, trademark, and contextual use separately from any copyright status in the underlying film scan.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 California 8mm patriotic parade float, home movie American flag bunting, vintage civic parade footage, and red white blue float.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1939 California parade material, then broader patriotic floats, American flags, and civic holiday procession footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing a close, soft-focus view of a patriotic parade float with pale bunting and a sculptural element. — Close detail of the float as it passes the home-movie camera.

Warm, overexposed 1939 California parade frame with bunting, float structure, and indistinct decorative forms passing close to camera. — Overexposed float detail with bunting and bright film fading.

1939 California home-movie frame showing red, white, and blue bunting on a float with a visible Gateway to the Columbia Basin sign behind it. — Patriotic bunting passes in front of a Gateway to the Columbia Basin sign.

Faded 1939 California parade frame with a float element in the foreground and a partially readable Columbia Basin sign behind trees. — Float decoration and a partially readable Columbia Basin sign in warm faded color.

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