Washington DC USA-1975: Image Of Government Obelisk In Honor Of The Fallen

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Image Of Government Obelisk In Honor Of The Fallen — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1975 in Washington DC, showing a sequence of the iconic Washington Monument against a pale sky. The clip features grainy, slightly blurred imagery with visible film scratches and dust, characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. American flags on flagpoles appear in the first frame, followed by a view of the obelisk's peak. The camera movement is handheld and unsteady, capturing the monument from a low angle with a dark frame border. The muted color palette and nostalgic quality evoke a sense of historical Americana and national remembrance.

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: 121472223

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$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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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: 1975 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: Washington, District Of Columbia, 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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves 1970s Americana documentary requests — a visitor POV of an iconic national landmark suited to historical montages, bicentennial-era segments, or patriotic broadcast packages.
Period detail: Muted color palette, soft focus, and visible grain and dust are characteristic of mid-1970s 8mm home-movie stock; abundant American flags may reflect heightened patriotic display near the US Bicentennial.
Home-movie behavior: Camera tilts upward from the flag-ringed base toward the monument's apex, with handheld instability and refocusing suggesting a tourist recording a personal landmark encounter rather than a planned shot.
What appears in frame: Washington Monument obelisk shaft and pyramidion apex, ring of American flags on flagpoles, green lawn at base, pale overcast sky, dark sprocket-border vignette, film grain and dust spots, distant shrubs.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm grain, a muted palette shifting from warm stone tones to cool blue-gray sky, minor vertical scratches and dust spots, and dark sprocket-border vignette provide authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an opening establishing shot or patriotic cutaway in a 1970s Washington DC sequence, or as a slow upward-tilt insert leading into archival newsreel or documentary narration.
Historical context: Visitor footage of the Washington Monument shot circa 1975 may reflect tourist activity during the approach to the US Bicentennial; the ring of flags around the monument was a standing permanent installation.
Research note: The Washington Monument is public property with no copyright concerns; no legible faces or logos detected, though small distant figures visible near the base in the opening frame warrant human review.
Research search match: 1970s Washington DC landmark footage, Washington Monument home movie, 1975 tourist 8mm, bicentennial-era patriotic landmark clip, mid-century American landmark film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from this same reel; then with 1970s Washington DC home-movie material; then with mid-1970s patriotic or Bicentennial-era American landmark clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame circa 1975 showing the lower section of the Washington Monument with a ring of American flags and green lawn at the base — Washington Monument base with American flags, circa 1975

Extreme close-up of the Washington Monument obelisk shaft in 8mm home movie footage circa 1975, Washington DC, with pale sky at frame edge — Washington Monument shaft, extreme close-up, circa 1975

Mid-shaft view of the Washington Monument in 8mm home movie footage circa 1975, Washington DC, showing light and blue-gray shadow on the obelisk surface — Washington Monument shaft with shadow, mid-pan, circa 1975

Low-angle 8mm home movie shot of the Washington Monument upper section and pyramidion apex circa 1975, Washington DC, against blue-gray sky — Washington Monument apex and pyramidion cap, circa 1975

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