Chicago Illinois-1960: Riders in Yellow Shirts Wave Cowboy Hats From Horseback Past a Parade Crowd

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

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What is in this clip

parade
state delegations
western costume
horseback riding
civic celebration
crowds
public sculpture

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Wide city boulevard lined with spectators, with trees, streetlights and a tall stone pylon topped by an equestrian statue behind
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: Flat overcast daylight, subjects underexposed against a bright sky
People: 40 · Riders in yellow shirts and cowboy hats on horseback, marchers in red caps and white shirts with red sashes, and a dense crowd of spectators in light shirts and dresses
Animals: horses
Landmarks: The Bowman and The Spearman statue pylon, Congress Plaza
Objects: cowboy hats · yellow shirts · badge · red caps · red sashes · streetlights · pole-mounted placard
Colors: lavender · yellow · dark purple · red · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A rider in a yellow shirt and cowboy hat sits a pale horse close to the camera.
The foreground rider moves out of frame as more yellow-shirted riders come through.
Riders raise their cowboy hats toward the crowd.
Three riders wave their hats high in front of the statue pylon.

Riders in Yellow Shirts Wave Cowboy Hats From Horseback... — Clip Details

Probably Congress Plaza in Grant Park, Chicago, circa 1960 home movie footage of a state-delegation parade, filmed in color on 8mm. A rider in a yellow shirt and cowboy hat passes close to the camera on a pale horse, then several more riders in matching yellow shirts raise and wave their hats as they move past a dense line of spectators. Marchers in red caps and white shirts with red sashes stand at right, and a stone pylon topped by an equestrian statue rises against an overcast sky behind. It is one handheld shot, dark and soft.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000253

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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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip fills requests for circa 1960 American parade footage, especially mounted riders in western costume saluting a big-city crowd, for documentaries on conventions, civic life or Chicago history.
Period detail: The spectators' short-sleeved white shirts and full-skirted dresses, plus the matching delegation costumes and the color rendition of the 8mm stock, may point to the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by someone standing among the spectators, the clip catches the riders' hat-waving greeting at the height and pace a parade-goer saw it, with no staging.
What appears in frame: A close rider on a pale horse, more riders in yellow shirts lifting their hats, marchers in red caps and sashes, a packed line of spectators, and a stone pylon with an equestrian statue against a grey sky.
Film character: Amateur color 8mm with a lavender cast in the sky, heavy shadows, soft focus, fine grain and a few dust specks, all typical of handheld home movies shot in flat light.
Edit role: Use it as a short celebratory insert or cutaway in a parade sequence; the hat-waving gesture at about one second makes a clean beat to cut on.
Historical context: State delegations parading in matching costumes past the 1928 Meštrović statues at Congress Plaza show the lakefront boulevard used as a civic stage; this parade could not be tied to a dated event.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights for riders and spectators whose faces may be recognisable, and from any rights in the visible public sculpture; producers should assess each before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for cowboys waving hats in a parade, 8mm Chicago parade circa 1960, Grant Park Bowman and Spearman statues, or state delegation convention parade home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's Texas delegation banner and majorette clip and its Virginia delegation banner clip, then with other Grant Park or Chicago footage from around 1960, then with mounted riders in other American parades.

Still Frames From This Clip

Mounted rider in yellow shirt and cowboy hat at a parade by the Congress Plaza statue pylon, probably Grant Park, Chicago, circa 1960 — A rider in a yellow shirt and cowboy hat passes close to the camera, with spectators and a statue-topped pylon behind.
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Yellow-shirted riders begin waving hats to spectators beneath a statue pylon, likely Congress Plaza in Grant Park, Chicago, circa 1960 — Riders start to lift their hats toward the crowd as marchers in red caps wait at the right.
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Two horseback riders wave cowboy hats at a state-delegation parade near the Bowman statue pylon, probably Chicago, circa 1960 — Two mounted riders wave their cowboy hats overhead beside marchers in red caps and white shirts.
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Three riders wave cowboy hats high above a parade crowd at what appears to be Congress Plaza, Grant Park, Chicago, circa 1960 — Three riders hold their hats high as they pass the spectators, the statue pylon rising behind them.
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