Nassau Bahamas-1961: Men Dressed Up And Parading Down The Street

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNassau, Bahamas
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Nassau Bahamas

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Men Dressed Up And Parading Down The Street — Clip Details

Nassau, Bahamas - 1961: A vibrant street parade unfolds in this vintage 8mm home movie, capturing costumed participants in elaborate feathered costumes and towering hats. Dancers in pink and white striped outfits move rhythmically down the street, some holding signs like "Happy New Year from Base N Grocery." The footage shows a lively community celebration with colorful, festive attire and a bustling crowd, all captured with authentic film grain and rich, saturated colors typical of 1960s Super 8 footage.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127585564

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1961 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Nassau, Bahamas Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 productions needing 1961 Nassau street-parade home-movie footage with costumed marchers, spectators, and visible urban street activity.
Period detail: The clip shows 1960s color 8mm material with feathered parade costumes, streetfront buildings, and a visible New Year greeting sign supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera stays within the crowd as marchers pass close to the lens, giving the scene an informal visitor-shot perspective rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include feathered hats, pink-and-white striped costumes, a street crowd, storefront buildings, a New Year sign, and handheld parade movement.
Film character: The footage has saturated color, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and visible grain that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for holiday street celebration, Caribbean travel, or mid-century community parade sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public street celebration in Nassau with costumed participants and onlookers, while specific event identity should be verified before narration.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and a readable sign or business name appears, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Nassau Bahamas parade footage, 8mm Caribbean street celebration, New Year costumed marchers, and vintage home movie parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Nassau scenes, then other 1961 Bahamas street footage, then broader vintage Caribbean parade or holiday celebration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nassau street parade with costumed marchers, feathered headpieces, spectators, and storefront buildings in the background. — Costumed participants gather and move along the street as spectators watch from the sides.

Costumed marchers in a 1961 Nassau parade pass near the handheld camera, with spectators and buildings behind them. — Feathered costumes fill the foreground as the parade moves past the camera position.

A close handheld view shows a large feathered headpiece and striped costume during the Nassau parade, with the street receding behind. — The camera is close to the marchers, emphasizing the scale and texture of the feathered costume.

1961 Nassau parade participants with tall feathered headpieces move through a crowded street, partly obscuring the lens. — Tall feathered hats and layered costumes pass through the frame as the street crowd remains visible behind them.

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