Minnesota-1958: Comic Clown Band Marching With Sousaphones and Drums in Street Parade

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Minnesota, United States

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What is in this clip

community parade
novelty music
clowning and comedy
small-town celebration
summer festivities
mid-century America
amateur musicians

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Residential street with lawns, a sidewalk, mature leafy trees, houses behind and cars parked at the kerb
Time and weather: daytime · summer · Bright and overcast to hazy
Lighting: Bright, even daylight under a pale sky
People: 20 · About fifteen costumed band members, including a clown in a red-and-white spotted suit and players in plaid shirts, caps and work clothes, plus a few spectators in hats standing on the grass.
Vehicles: early-to-mid 1950s sedans parked at the kerb
Objects: sousaphones · trombone · bass drum · snare drums · trumpets · saxophone · clown suit · pointed clown hat · road sign on a post
Colors: green · red · white · grey · brass yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A trombonist and a clown in a red-and-white spotted suit march past spectators and a parked sedan.
A bass drummer in a tall hat enters from the left, beating a large drum.
Sousaphone players and a saxophonist in work clothes and caps follow.
Snare drummers in plaid shirts and trumpet players fill the frame as the band's rear ranks pass.

Comic Clown Band Marching With Sousaphones and Drums in... — Clip Details

Duluth area, Minnesota, circa 1958 home movie footage of a novelty band in clown suits and mismatched comic costumes marching in a summer street parade. A trombonist and a clown in a red-and-white spotted suit and pointed hat pass first, followed by a bass drummer, then sousaphone players, brass and snare drummers. Spectators stand on the grass verge beside parked 1950s cars under leafy trees. Filmed handheld from the opposite kerb in one continuous silent 8mm colour shot, with soft focus.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000574

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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: 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 1950s American small-town parade footage with humour and music, suited to documentaries on community life in the upper Midwest.
Period detail: Early-to-mid 1950s sedans line the kerb, spectators wear brimmed hats and patterned shirts, and a yellowish road sign on a post may show a pre-red stop sign.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator films from the kerb as neighbours stand casually on the lawn opposite, catching the band mid-stride without any staging.
What appears in frame: A clown in a spotted red suit, a trombonist, a bass drummer in a tall hat, two sousaphones, snare drummers in plaid, onlookers on the grass and parked sedans under trees.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with visible grain, saturated greens and reds, mild motion blur on the nearest marchers and a gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a short, energetic parade insert or comic memory beat between wider shots of floats and marching units.
Historical context: Comic bands in clown and mismatched outfits were a familiar feature of mid-century community parades, and this one marches in a Duluth-area event circa 1958.
Research note: Performers and onlookers appear at soft focus and are unnamed; copyright in the film is separate from any likeness or property interests in the people, houses and cars shown.
Research search match: 1950s clown band parade, novelty marching band home movie, Minnesota summer parade 8mm, sousaphone and bass drum marchers, vintage small-town parade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the railway fire engine, Gopher State float, pipe band and colour guard clips from this reel, then other 1950s Minnesota parades, then novelty band footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Clown in a spotted red suit and a trombonist in a comic band march past a parked 1950s sedan in a Duluth-area Minnesota parade, circa 1958. — The front of the comic band: a trombonist, a clown in a spotted red suit and a player in a white coat and hat, Duluth area, Minnesota, circa 1958.
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Bass drummer in a tall hat and a clown in red march past two onlookers in hats at a summer parade in the Duluth area of Minnesota, circa 1958. — A bass drummer in a tall hat joins the line while two spectators in brimmed hats watch from the lawn, circa 1958.
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Sousaphone players and a saxophonist in mismatched comic outfits march in a Minnesota street parade near Duluth, circa 1958, on 8mm colour film. — Two sousaphones, one silver and one brass, rise above the middle ranks of the novelty band, circa 1958.
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Snare drummers in plaid shirts and caps bring up the rear of a comic parade band in the Duluth area of Minnesota, circa 1958, with sousaphones ahead. — The band's rear ranks: snare drummers in plaid shirts, trumpet players and two sousaphones, with a spectator on the grass behind.
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