Washington DC USA-1970: Camera Pans Over A Cemetery And Zooms In On A Specific Gravestone

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

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Camera Pans Over A Cemetery And Zooms In On A Specific... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1970, this vintage home movie captures a solemn view of a cemetery in Washington DC. The camera pans across rows of white headstones on a grassy hill, with trees showing early autumn colors. The footage zooms in on a specific gravestone for Merwin Sagarob, a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, with Hebrew inscriptions and a Star of David. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, suitable for historical or memorial 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: 123051897

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$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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970 Washington, DC home-movie cemetery footage for memorial, military service, Jewish heritage, or archival transition use.
Period detail: The frames show rows of white cemetery markers, older upright monuments, autumn grass, and a Navy officer's gravestone with Hebrew text and a Star of David.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with a handheld pan and zoom lingering on one grave rather than a staged or formal cemetery view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grassy cemetery rows, white headstones, larger gray monuments, a hillside, trees, a Star of David, Hebrew lettering, and a Navy rank inscription.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, gate edges, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a solemn insert, memorial cutaway, cemetery establishing detail, or reflective memory beat within a historical sequence.
Historical context: The imagery documents a private cemetery visit in Washington, DC, with visible Jewish and U.S. Navy service markers but no visible mourners or ceremony.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the named gravestone, religious symbolism, and military inscription may require contextual and cemetery-use review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm Washington DC cemetery, Jewish gravestone home movie, Navy officer headstone, and cemetery pan zoom footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington, DC footage from 1970, then cemetery, memorial, military service, or Jewish heritage material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a handheld wide view across cemetery headstones and grassy slopes. — Rows of cemetery markers spread across a grassy hillside.

Closer 1970 Washington, DC cemetery frame showing a gray headstone, white markers, grass, and larger monuments in the background. — The camera moves toward a specific gray cemetery marker.

1970 Washington, DC frame zoomed on Merwin Sagarob's gravestone, showing Hebrew lettering, a Star of David, and U.S. Navy rank text. — The zoom centers on Merwin Sagarob's marked grave.

Final 1970 Washington, DC frame holds on the same gray gravestone, with Hebrew text, a Star of David, and military service wording partly softened by focus. — The shot ends on a soft close view of the inscribed headstone.

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