Minnesota-1958: Colour Guard Carries American Flag Past Two Spectators on Parade

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Minnesota, United States

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What is in this clip

patriotism
civic parade
small-town America
community ritual
respect for the flag
midcentury Americana
summer celebration

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · tree-lined residential street with lawns, a footpath and parked cars
Time and weather: daytime · summer · overcast
Lighting: soft, flat daylight under a pale sky
People: 5 · About three colour-guard marchers in light uniforms and white helmets, and two adult men in jackets standing at the kerb, one raising a hand to his head.
Vehicles: dark early-to-mid 1950s sedan · further parked cars along the street
Objects: American flag · blue flag with gold fringe · flagpoles · white helmets · round yellow road sign on a post · footpath · lawn
Colors: green · red · white · blue · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The flags enter from the left while two men wait at the kerb beside a parked sedan.
The colour guard in light uniforms and white helmets fills the centre of the frame, the American flag fully unfurled.
The spectator on the left raises his hand to his head as the flags pass.
The guard moves on to the right in front of the parked cars.

Colour Guard Carries American Flag Past Two Spectators... — Clip Details

Minnesota, circa 1958 home movie footage of a colour guard leading a summer street parade in the Duluth area. Marchers in light uniforms and white helmets carry the Stars and Stripes and a blue flag with gold fringe from left to right along a tree-lined residential street. Two men stand at the kerb beside a parked 1950s sedan, and one raises his hand to his head as the flags pass. The 8mm camera is handheld and pans a little to follow the guard.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000573

Rights & Clearance

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Minnesota, 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 late-1950s American small-town parade footage with the flag, suited to documentary inserts on civic life and patriotism.
Period detail: The chrome-fronted sedan at the kerb is an early-to-mid 1950s model, the men wear jackets to watch a parade, and the flag may show the 48-star pattern, though the stars cannot be counted.
Home-movie behavior: A family member filming from the roadside catches an unprompted gesture: one bystander lifts his hand to his head as the flag goes by.
What appears in frame: The Stars and Stripes, a blue flag with gold fringe, marchers in light uniforms and white helmets, two men at the kerb, a dark parked sedan, a round yellow road sign and leafy street trees.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with rich greens and flag reds, a pale blown sky, light handheld movement, and fine scratches and dust from projection.
Edit role: Works as a brief insert or opening beat for a parade sequence, or as a memory beat in a montage about flag and community.
Historical context: The parade reel includes a Gopher State float with tags that appear to read 1958, the year Minnesota marked its statehood centennial with events across the state.
Research note: Stockfilm holds the film scan; the two spectators and marchers are unnamed private individuals shown at a distance, and likeness and any property questions remain separate from copyright for the licensee to assess.
Research search match: 1950s colour guard with American flag, 8mm Minnesota parade home movie, spectator saluting flag, small-town parade on a residential street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the railway fire engine, Gopher State float, pipe band and clown band clips from this reel, then with other circa 1958 Minnesota footage or midcentury flag and parade scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Parade flags arrive at left while two men wait at the kerb by a 1950s sedan, Duluth area, Minnesota, circa 1958. — The American flag and a blue flag enter the frame as two spectators wait at the kerb, Minnesota, circa 1958.
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Colour guard carries the Stars and Stripes and a blue fringed flag down a Minnesota street, circa 1958, 8mm film. — The colour guard passes the camera with the Stars and Stripes fully unfurled, Minnesota, circa 1958.
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A spectator appears to salute as a white-helmeted colour guard carries the flag past, Duluth area, Minnesota, circa 1958. — One of two men at the kerb lifts his hand to his head as the colour guard goes by, Minnesota, circa 1958.
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The colour guard marches on past parked 1950s cars as two men watch from the kerb, Minnesota parade, circa 1958. — The guard moves on along the parade route past a line of parked cars, Minnesota, circa 1958.
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