Washington DC USA-1960: Two Soldiers In Dress Uniform Marching Near A Monument

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Two Soldiers In Dress Uniform Marching Near A Monument — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Washington DC, 1960, showing two soldiers in dark blue dress uniforms with white gloves and ceremonial bayonets. The soldiers march in formation across a paved area near a monument, their movements precise and synchronized. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and edge damage, capturing a solemn military ceremony in a cold season with bare trees in the background. The footage offers authentic archival material for historical documentaries, patriotic content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122651615

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1213 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: washington dc,hawaii,new orleans
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1960-era Washington, DC home-movie footage of ceremonial military personnel near a monument or formal public grounds.
Period detail: Dark dress uniforms, white gloves, rifles with fixed bayonets, bare trees, and paved memorial grounds suggest a formal cold-season military ceremony.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing the guards from a distance as they march and stand rather than staging the action for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two uniformed soldiers, rifles with bayonets, white gloves, paved walkways, low chain posts, pale monument walls, bare trees, and winter light.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark frame edges consistent with mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a solemn insert, transition, or cutaway for military remembrance, Washington travel, or civic ceremony sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places uniformed ceremonial guards in a public monument setting without identifying the specific memorial or event from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible and the military subject may require contextual review; copyright, likeness, and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 8mm Washington DC soldiers marching, ceremonial guards with bayonets, military dress uniform monument footage, and home movie memorial grounds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Washington, DC 1960 footage, then broader military ceremony, memorial grounds, and patriotic public-event clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Washington, DC footage appears to show a uniformed soldier walking across paved monument grounds in cold-season light. — A soldier in dark dress uniform walks across a paved area near pale monument walls.

Two soldiers in dark dress uniforms and white gloves march with rifles and fixed bayonets in Washington, DC archival footage. — Two ceremonial soldiers march in step with rifles held upright.

A ceremonial guard stands with a rifle as another uniformed soldier marches past on monument grounds in 1960 Washington, DC footage. — One guard stands at attention while another soldier passes nearby.

Two uniformed soldiers are seen near pale monument walls, low chain posts, and bare trees in Washington, DC archival home-movie footage. — The soldiers pause or pass one another beside the monument walkway.

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