Alexandria Virginia-1967: Circus Unicyclist in Embroidered Suit Circling a Shopping Center Car Park

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 · Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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What is in this clip

travelling circus
live performance
balance and skill
shopping plaza entertainment
1960s America
family outing
showmanship

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · shopping-centre car park set up as a circus ground
Time and weather: daytime · summer · overcast
Lighting: soft overcast daylight
People: 2 · A dark-haired man in a black suit with white embroidery riding a unicycle, and an older white-haired man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers seated on steps.
Vehicles: white sedans · yellow truck · blue trailer · circus wagon
Objects: unicycle · star-painted drum · red-and-white steps · white pedestals and stools · animal cage wagon · painted parking bays
Readable signs: SWEDE JOHNSON'S · PERFORMING
Colors: black · white · red · grey · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The unicyclist rides away from the camera past a star-painted drum.
He passes the 'Swede Johnson's Performing' wagon and an older man seated on the steps.
He turns and rides back with his arms out, smiling.
He leans low beside a white pedestal with parked cars and a yellow truck behind.

Circus Unicyclist in Embroidered Suit Circling a... — Clip Details

Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967 home movie footage of a circus performer riding a unicycle on the tarmac of the Virginia Plaza shopping center. The man, in a black suit with white embroidery, circles past red-and-white props and a star-painted drum while an older man in a white shirt sits on a set of steps. Behind them stands a wagon lettered 'Swede Johnson's Performing'. The handheld Super 8 camera pans quickly to follow him, showing parked 1960s cars and a yellow truck.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000540

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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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: Alexandria, 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: Suits requests for late-1960s American travelling-circus material, especially documentaries needing a short performance insert filmed by a spectator.
Period detail: Pale 1960s sedans, a yellow cab-over truck and hand-lettered wagon panels reading 'Swede Johnson's Performing' place the scene in the later 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator swings the camera to keep up with the rider, catching his grin as he turns back toward the lens.
What appears in frame: A unicyclist in an embroidered black suit circles past red-and-white props, one star-painted drum, an older seated man wearing white, Swede Johnson's animal wagon, parked sedans and a yellow truck.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with warm colour, saturated reds, visible grain and motion streaking from fast pans that adds energy to the shot.
Edit role: Works as a brisk action insert or memory beat inside a circus or 1960s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The act is staged directly on marked parking bays, showing how small circuses of the period set up at suburban shopping plazas.
Research note: Two men are recognisable and a named show wagon is readable, so likeness and name permissions are separate from film copyright and remain the licensee's responsibility.
Research search match: Researchers looking for 1960s circus unicycle acts, shopping-centre parking lot shows, Swede Johnson wagons or Super 8 home movies from northern Virginia will find this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's performing bear act, lion cage act and cotton candy truck, then with other 1960s Virginia footage or circus home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circus unicyclist seen from behind passing the 'Swede Johnson's Performing' wagon in a shopping-center car park, Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967. — The unicyclist rides past the animal wagon, his embroidered jacket back to the camera.
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Circus performer on a unicycle passes a seated older man and a red-star drum at Virginia Plaza, Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967. — An older man in white watches from the steps as the rider leans into his turn beside a star-painted drum.
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Smiling unicyclist with arms out rides across a car park past a white 1960s sedan, Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1967 Super 8 film. — The rider comes back toward the camera smiling, arms out for balance, as the pan blurs the car park behind him.
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Circus unicyclist leans low beside a white pedestal with a yellow truck and white sedan behind, Virginia Plaza car park, circa 1967. — Leaning hard into the turn, the performer reaches toward a pedestal while a yellow truck sits at the edge of the lot.
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