Virginia-1955: Red-Coated Marching Band With Brass Parading Past a Grandstand Crowd

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationVirginia, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · Virginia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

parade
marching band
community celebration
civic tradition
spring festival
spectatorship
mid-century America

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level from the roadside, over spectators' heads
Setting: outdoor · Tree-lined residential street with brick and white-painted houses and a raised spectator grandstand along a parade route
Time and weather: daytime · spring · dry, mild
Lighting: Daylight filtered through tree shade, with brighter light on the houses behind
People: 60 · About two dozen band members in red tunics, white belts, dark trousers and dark peaked caps, a seated and standing crowd on a grandstand, and two onlookers seen from behind in the foreground, one wearing a red hat.
Objects: trombones · sousaphone · horn · balloons · red hat · grandstand · window shutters
Colors: red · green · grey-blue · brick brown · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Red-coated band members pass with a cluster of balloons at the left edge of the frame.
Trombone players and a sousaphone player march past the grandstand crowd.
More ranks arrive, with a horn player and trombones moving closer to the camera.
The street fills with red tunics as the band continues past the seated spectators.

Red-Coated Marching Band With Brass Parading Past a... — Clip Details

Likely Virginia, circa 1955 home movie footage of a marching band in red tunics, dark trousers and peaked caps parading down a tree-lined street. Trombones, horns and a sousaphone pass in ranks while spectators watch from a raised grandstand in front of brick and white-painted houses. A cluster of balloons shows at the left edge early in the shot, and a red hat and a dark-haired head sit in the foreground. Filmed handheld from the roadside in one continuous 8mm colour shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000453

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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: 1955 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: Virginia, 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: Fits requests for colour footage of a 1950s American community parade with a uniformed marching band, seen from the crowd.
Period detail: Red military-style band tunics with white belts and peaked caps, spectators in light summer dress and a woman's red hat suit the mid 1950s, and the saturated colour may show Kodachrome stock.
Home-movie behavior: The filmer stands in the crowd and shoots over the heads in front, so the parade is seen as a spectator saw it rather than from a press position.
What appears in frame: Ranks of red-coated musicians, trombones and a sousaphone, a cluster of balloons, a grandstand of spectators, a brick house with dark shutters, a white house, overhanging trees and a red hat in the foreground.
Film character: Soft 8mm colour with visible grain, strong reds and greens, slight handheld drift and deep shade under the trees.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat in a parade sequence, or as a cutaway between wider shots of floats and crowds.
Historical context: The shot shows a uniformed brass band marching a residential street lined with temporary seating, a common format for regional festival parades in mid-century America.
Research note: The band and the event are not identified by any sign in this shot; faces are soft but people are visible, so likeness and private-property questions remain separate from the copyright in the film.
Research search match: 1950s marching band parade home movie, red uniform brass band 8mm colour film, vintage Virginia festival parade footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's marching band passing spectators, North Carolina majorettes and colour guard, and twirling majorettes, then with other 1950s Virginia parades or mid-century band footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red-coated marching band with trombones and a sousaphone passing balloons and a grandstand crowd, likely Virginia, circa 1955, 8mm film. — Band members in red tunics march past a cluster of balloons and a grandstand of spectators, circa 1955.
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Trombone players in red tunics march past seated spectators and a brick house on a parade route, likely Virginia, circa 1955. — Trombone players and a sousaphone player pass the grandstand, filmed over the heads of onlookers.
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Ranks of a red-uniformed brass band with horn, trombones and sousaphone on a tree-shaded street, likely Virginia, circa 1955. — More ranks of the band arrive, with a horn player at left and a sousaphone bell above the caps.
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Dense ranks of red-tunic band members mid-stride on a parade street with houses behind, likely Virginia, circa 1955, 8mm colour film. — The street fills with red tunics as the band marches on past the grandstand.
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