California-1980: Parade Dancers Raise Their Arms and Step in Formation

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

public celebration
coordinated movement
parade participation
group performance
community spectatorship
uniform dress

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · Street-level frontal view
Setting: outdoor · Downtown street with sidewalk spectators, commercial buildings and leafless trees
Time and weather: Daylight · Possibly winter or early spring, suggested by leafless trees · Clear and sunny
Lighting: Strong natural sunlight with long shadows and dark shaded areas
People: 40 · Approximately forty performers and spectators are visible, with additional people partly obscured; the dancers appear to include teenagers and young adults wearing coordinated plaid skirts, dark tops, white blouses and tall white boots.
Objects: green plaid skirts · white boots · white blouses · dark sleeveless tops · paved roadway · road markings · leafless trees · glass facade · streetlights · sidewalk
Colors: green · white · black · gray · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Rows of dancers step forward with their arms lowered or bent.
The formation raises its arms overhead in a coordinated movement.
The dancers lower their arms outward while continuing their steps.
Several foreground performers bring their hands toward their hips.

Parade Dancers Raise Their Arms and Step in Formation — Clip Details

California, United States, circa 1980 home movie footage shows rows of parade performers dancing on a downtown street. Wearing green plaid skirts, dark tops over white blouses and tall white boots, they raise their arms together before lowering them toward their hips and continuing coordinated steps. A handheld wide shot includes spectators along the sidewalk, leafless trees and a large building with a gridded glass facade.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003568

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 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: California, 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: Supports documentary requests for California parade performances and coordinated street dancing circa 1980.
Period detail: Plaid skirts, dark sleeveless tops, white blouses and tall white boots provide visible costume detail consistent with the circa 1980 estimate.
Home-movie behavior: The roadside camera follows a passing public performance with loose framing and slight handheld drift.
What appears in frame: Rows of dancers occupy the roadway in front of spectators, leafless trees, low commercial roofs and a large gridded glass facade.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, a green-blue cast and uneven exposure characterize this digital capture of projected small-gauge film.
Edit role: The shared arm lift and return provide a compact action insert within a longer parade sequence.
Historical context: Matching costumes and synchronized gestures show an organized dance contingent performing for spectators along an urban parade route.
Research note: People, possible minors and building exteriors are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any likeness, costume-design or property permissions a use may require.
Research search match: Matches searches for California parade dancers circa 1980, plaid skirts and white boots, and small-gauge home movies of coordinated street performances.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's red-uniform marching band and pink parade flags, then California street celebrations circa 1980, followed by other synchronized parade performances.

Still Frames From This Clip

California, circa 1980: parade dancers in green plaid skirts and tall white boots step in formation before spectators and a glass-fronted building. — The formation steps along the roadway before the coordinated arm lift.
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California, circa 1980: dancers in matching plaid skirts raise their arms overhead, with white boots lifted mid-step and spectators lining the sidewalk. — Raised arms mark the clearest shared gesture in the short routine.
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California, circa 1980: the parade formation lowers its arms while stepping, framed below leafless trees and a broad gridded glass facade. — The performers lower their arms as the camera framing shifts upward.
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California, circa 1980: foreground dancers in dark tops and plaid skirts bring their hands toward their hips while continuing synchronized steps. — Hands return toward the hips as the formation continues stepping.
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