United States-1957: Young Women in White Gowns Riding a Pink Flower Float in a Street Parade

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States

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What is in this clip

community parade
pageantry
festival court
small-town life
mid-century America
civic celebration
formal dress

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · low angle from street level
Setting: outdoor · Tree-shaded residential street on a parade route, with a white gabled house behind the float
Time and weather: daytime · spring or summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright sun broken into dappled shade by overhead trees, high contrast
People: 6 · Young women in white sleeveless gowns with flower sashes and short dark hairstyles, some with headpieces, standing and seated on a float; one figure in a sequinned costume stands higher.
Vehicles: parade float
Objects: flower float · pink flowers · white gowns · flower sashes · silver ball · sequinned costume · pink sculpted figure · decorative pink scrollwork
Colors: pink · magenta · white · dark green · deep shadow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A pink flower float fills the frame, with a seated young woman in a white gown turned toward the street.
Standing women in white gowns and flower sashes pass in dappled shade beside a large pink sculpted form.
A white gabled house appears behind the float as a woman holds a silver ball at her shoulder and a figure in a sequinned costume stands above.
The shot settles on three women in white gowns against the wall of pink flowers.

Young Women in White Gowns Riding a Pink Flower Float in... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a parade float covered in pink flowers passing close to the camera. Young women in white gowns with flower sashes stand and sit among the blooms, and one holds a silver ball up at her shoulder. A figure in a sequinned costume stands higher on the float beside a large pink sculpted form. The handheld 8mm camera films from street level looking up, in dappled tree shade, with a white gabled house behind.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000545

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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: 1957 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: 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

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: Suits requests for authentic 1950s American small-town parade colour footage, especially pageant or festival floats seen from the crowd.
Period detail: White sleeveless gowns, short set hairstyles, flower sashes and a hand-decorated flower float may show a mid to late 1950s festival court.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator films from the kerb at close range, following the riders as they pass rather than framing a planned shot.
What appears in frame: A float covered in pink flowers, young women in white gowns with flower sashes, a silver ball held at shoulder height, a sequinned costume, a pink sculpted form, a white gabled house and green trees.
Film character: Handheld regular 8mm colour reversal film with saturated pinks, strong contrast, visible grain, soft focus and deep shadow under the trees.
Edit role: Works as a short colour insert or memory beat inside a parade sequence, or as a cutaway from wider shots of marchers and crowds.
Historical context: The clip shows the mid-century custom of young women in formal gowns riding a flower-decorated float through a residential street; the event and town are not named in the film.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; several women's faces are recognisable and unnamed, a private house is visible, and the event and town are unidentified.
Research search match: 1950s parade float home movie, women in white gowns on flower float, vintage 8mm small-town parade, festival court float footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's antique cars, majorettes leading the marching band and mother and baby at the parade, then with other 1950s American parade and pageant clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1957 8mm frame of a seated young woman in a white gown and flower sash on a pink flower float in a United States street parade. — A seated rider in a white gown looks out from the pink flower float as it passes, circa 1957.
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Women in white gowns with flower sashes ride a pink flower float under tree shade, United States, circa 1957 home movie. — Dappled tree shade falls across the white gowns and pink flowers as the float moves past the camera.
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Circa 1957 parade float in the United States: a woman in white holds a silver ball while a figure in a sequinned costume stands above. — A rider holds a silver ball at her shoulder as the float passes a white gabled house.
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Three young women in white gowns and flower sashes on a pink flower float before a white house, United States, circa 1957 8mm film. — The shot settles on three riders in white gowns against the pink flowers, with a white house and trees behind.
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