Virginia-1955: Flower-Covered Parade Float Passing With Woman in Green Gown

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationVirginia, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · Virginia, United States

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What is in this clip

parade
community festival
pageantry
flower decoration
mid-century America
public celebration
amateur filmmaking

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level from the roadside
Setting: outdoor · Street parade route with spectators along the far kerb, buildings and trees behind
Time and weather: daytime · spring or summer · dry
Lighting: Underexposed daylight with deep shadows and bright saturated highlights on the flowers
People: 12 · A young woman with short dark hair in a pale green full-skirted gown rides the float; a second figure is partly visible beside her, and a row of indistinct spectators stands along the far side of the street.
Vehicles: parade float
Objects: parade float · yellow flowers · white flowers · red flower · green gown · float skirt with illegible lettering · buildings · trees
Colors: yellow · white · pale green · red · dark blue-black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The front of a flower-covered float enters close to the camera, with spectators lined along the far side of the street.
A young woman in a pale green gown comes into view riding on top of the float.
The camera shakes and the frame darkens as the yellow and white banks of blossoms slide past.
A large red flower on a white panel passes while the rider raises her arm toward the crowd.

Flower-Covered Parade Float Passing With Woman in Green Gown — Clip Details

Probably Virginia in the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage of a flower-covered parade float passing close to the camera. The float is banked with yellow, white and red blossoms, and a young woman in a pale green full-skirted gown rides on top, turning toward the crowd with her arm raised. Spectators line the far side of the street in front of buildings and trees. The single handheld shot is dark and underexposed, with saturated colour and heavy grain.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000462

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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: 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: Answers requests for circa 1950s American parade and festival footage where a short colour insert of a flower float with a gowned rider is needed.
Period detail: The rider's full-skirted pale gown and short set hair suggest the 1950s, and the saturated colour may show Kodachrome-type 8mm stock.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator films from the kerb as the float passes at arm's length, catching the rider mid-gesture without any staging.
What appears in frame: A float banked with yellow and white blossoms, a large red flower on a white panel, a woman in a pale green gown, a row of spectators across the street, and buildings and dark trees behind.
Film character: Dark, underexposed 8mm colour with heavy grain, near-black shadows, strongly saturated yellows and greens, and a handheld wobble typical of roadside amateur filming.
Edit role: Works as a quick colour insert or memory beat inside a parade or festival montage rather than as an establishing shot.
Historical context: Flower-decorated floats carrying young women in formal gowns were a common sight in American community parades of the mid-twentieth century.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property: the rider's face is partly visible and unidentified, the float's sponsor is unreadable, and the Virginia location is an estimate.
Research search match: 1950s parade float home movie, flower float with woman in gown, 8mm colour street parade, vintage American festival parade footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the distant street view later on this reel and the companion parade file from the same transfer, then with other 1950s Virginia footage and other mid-century parade clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1955 8mm frame, probably Virginia: the flower-banked front of a parade float moves past spectators standing in front of buildings. — The front of a flower-covered float enters the frame, with spectators along the far side of the street. Probably Virginia, circa 1955.
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Circa 1955 home movie still, probably Virginia: a young woman in a pale green gown comes into view on top of a flower-decorated parade float. — A young woman in a pale green gown rides into view on top of the float as it passes the camera.
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Underexposed circa 1955 8mm frame, probably Virginia: yellow and white blossom banks of a parade float slide past, the rider in shadow above. — The frame darkens and shakes as the float's yellow and white blossom banks pass close to the lens.
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Circa 1955 parade, probably Virginia: a gowned rider raises her arm on a float of yellow and white blossoms marked with one large red flower. — The rider raises her arm toward the crowd as a large red flower on the float's white panel passes the camera.
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