Washington DC USA-1970: A Gravestone With Flowers In A Garden

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

Year1970
Decade1970s
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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A Gravestone With Flowers In A Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1970, this vintage home movie captures a solemn view of a small grave marker in a lush green garden. The clip begins with a blurred view of a manicured lawn and hedge, then slowly pans to reveal a white cross adorned with yellow and pink flowers, set against a grassy hill. The footage, framed by dark edges suggesting a window or viewfinder, shows natural film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes quiet reflection and personal memory, with the cross serving as a poignant symbol in a peaceful outdoor setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123051746

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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: 1970 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.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s 8mm editorial requests needing a quiet cemetery or memorial garden cutaway from Washington, DC home-movie material.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to color 8mm stock, a manicured lawn, hedges, flowers, and a simple white cross marker, all consistent with the supplied 1970 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot, handheld perspective, lingering briefly on a small grave marker from behind dark foreground edges.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy slope, bare-limbed trees, dark hedges, leafy foreground plants, a white cross, and yellow and pink flowers.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens, slight handheld movement, and dark frame-edge obstruction typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a solemn insert, memory beat, cemetery transition, or reflective cutaway within a personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a private memorial-style garden view without visible people, names, inscriptions, or public landmark identifiers in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable text are visible, but religious and burial imagery may still require editorial sensitivity and separate copyright or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1970 8mm cemetery garden footage, white cross with flowers, Washington DC memorial cutaway, and vintage home movie grave marker.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Washington DC 1970 material, then related cemetery, memorial garden, flowers, and religious-symbol footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a green lawn, trees, hedge, and dark foreground obstruction before the grave marker comes into view. — The shot opens on a manicured green slope and hedge through dark frame-edge obstruction.

1970 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a white cross grave marker with yellow and pink flowers in a manicured garden lawn. — A white cross marker and flower arrangement appear on the grassy slope.

1970 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a small white cross and flowers on a green cemetery-like garden slope. — The handheld view settles farther toward the flowered cross marker.

1970 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing the clearest view of the white cross grave marker and surrounding flowers on a lawn. — The final frame gives the closest view of the cross and flowers against the green lawn.

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