California-1980: Brown Mule Team Pulling a Covered Wagon Through a Street Parade

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

community parade
historical representation
animal-drawn transport
public spectatorship
costumed participation
street life
home movie observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Street-level side view, looking slightly upward toward the seated participants
Setting: outdoor · Paved parade route with spectators, streetfront buildings and leafless trees
Time and weather: daytime · Winter or early spring suggested by bare trees · Clear and dry
Lighting: Direct sunlight with strong shadows and bright canvas highlights
People: 12 · Approximately twelve people are discernible across the opening view, including several seated participants in dark historical uniforms and caps, a mounted rider and partially obscured roadside spectators.
Animals: Two brown mules pulling the wagon · White horse carrying a uniformed rider
Vehicles: Green wooden covered wagon with large spoked wheels
Objects: White canvas wagon cover · Leather harnesses · Bridles · Reins · Wooden spoked wheels · Saddle · Uniform caps · Streetfront buildings · Leafless trees
Colors: brown · olive green · cream white · dark blue · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A rider on a white horse passes beside the approaching mule team.
The harnessed mules pull the green wagon past roadside spectators.
The seated uniformed participants and white canvas cover fill more of the frame.
The team moves left as the wagon's spoked wheels remain visible.

Brown Mule Team Pulling a Covered Wagon Through a Street... — Clip Details

California, United States, circa 1980 home movie footage shows a brown mule team pulling a green covered wagon along a parade route. A uniformed rider on a white horse passes at the left edge as seated participants in dark historical uniforms ride above the wagon's front panel. The camera follows the passing team, bringing the white canvas cover and large wooden spoked wheels into view against spectators, bare trees and streetfront buildings.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003571

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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: This circa 1980 California parade shot supports documentary and museum requests for covered wagons, mule teams and public displays of historical dress.
Period detail: Dark uniform coats, caps and pale trousers evoke an earlier military period, while spectators' clothing supports filming circa 1980.
Home-movie behavior: The roadside filmmaker follows the passing animals and seated participants with the brief, reactive framing of a spectator recording a parade.
What appears in frame: The view contains two brown mules, a white horse and rider, a green wagon, a white canvas cover, spoked wheels, seated participants and roadside spectators.
Film character: Soft grain, muted color, bright canvas highlights and slight handheld movement reflect the small-gauge image and its projected-film transfer.
Edit role: The complete passing action serves as a short parade insert or a transition between mounted participants and historical vehicles.
Historical context: Historical uniforms and a canvas-covered vehicle appear as parade displays amid spectators and existing streetfront buildings.
Research note: Film copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions; participants, spectators and building exteriors are visible, with no readable branding.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for California parade home movies circa 1980, mule-drawn covered wagons and uniformed historical parade participants.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's mounted flag bearers and historical marching band, then California street scenes circa 1980, followed by other animal-drawn parade vehicles.

Still Frames From This Clip

California parade, circa 1980: a rider on a white horse passes beside a brown mule team and a green canvas-covered wagon. — A mounted participant passes alongside the wagon team, with spectators across the street.
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A brown mule team pulls a green covered wagon with seated uniformed participants through a California parade, circa 1980. — The mule team and covered wagon pass in side view, showing the reins, canvas canopy and spoked wheels.
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California, circa 1980: seated parade participants ride at the front of a green wagon, with brown mules partly cropped at left. — The framing emphasizes the seated participants, forward-running reins and curved canvas cover.
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A covered wagon continues through a California parade, circa 1980, its white canopy and large spoked wheels prominent behind the mule team. — The passing wagon fills the frame as the team moves farther out of view to the left.
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