Washington DC USA-1970: A Gravestone For Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. With Mourners Walking

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Gravestone For Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1970, this archival footage captures a solemn memorial scene at a military cemetery in Washington DC. The clip opens with a close-up of a gravestone for Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., a Virginia native and World War I & II veteran, then pans to show a group of mourners in dark attire walking among the graves. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color, with bare trees suggesting autumn. The footage offers a poignant glimpse into a mid-20th century American funeral procession, ideal for historical documentaries, memorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123051841

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 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: 1970s 8mm cemetery footage for documentary inserts about military burial, memorial visitation, mourning, or Washington DC archival context.
Period detail: The frames show rounded military headstones, formal dark clothing, bare trees, and soft color 8mm texture consistent with the supplied 1970 Washington DC metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view lingers on Byrd's grave marker before following mourners or visitors walking through the cemetery grounds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a military gravestone, white cemetery markers, dark-clothed walkers, paved paths, bare tree branches, grass, and soft film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a solemn cutaway, memorial insert, transition from grave marker to mourners, or brief memory beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a grave visit or funeral-related gathering in a military cemetery setting without proving the specific ceremony shown.
Research note: People are visible at a funeral or memorial setting, so likeness, privacy, sensitive-use, and cemetery-context review should accompany copyright research.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s 8mm military cemetery, Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr grave, Washington DC memorial footage, and mourners walking among headstones.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Washington DC 1970 cemetery material, then broader funeral, memorial, and military grave footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970 Washington DC 8mm frame showing Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.'s military gravestone surrounded by grass and dark film borders. — A military headstone for Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. fills the frame.

The Byrd gravestone overlaps with a cemetery walkway where groups of people move in the background. — The grave marker briefly overlaps with mourners or visitors walking through the cemetery.

A handheld cemetery view shows groups of mourners or visitors walking along a path among headstones and bare trees. — People walk together along a cemetery path near white grave markers.

A wider cemetery frame shows walkers passing behind headstones beneath bare branches in Washington DC archival 8mm footage. — Mourners or visitors continue along the cemetery path beyond the headstones.

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