Washington DC USA-1943: Jefferson Memorial White Dome Reflected in Tidal Basin

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Jefferson Memorial White Dome Reflected in Tidal Basin — Clip Details

WASHINGTON DC USA-1943: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the Jefferson Memorial on a bright day, its white dome and columns reflected in the Tidal Basin. The footage shows the iconic landmark surrounded by trees and grass, with distant buildings visible under a pale sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century Washington, D.C. The scene is calm, with no visible people, emphasizing the monument's grandeur and serene setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123137610

Rights & Clearance

$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 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational requests needing a quiet Washington, D.C. landmark view from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white dome, colonnade, Tidal Basin reflection, bare trees, and soft color palette support a mid-20th-century visitor view of the Jefferson Memorial.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the monument from across the water without staged action or visible crowds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Jefferson Memorial dome and columns, the Tidal Basin, shoreline grass, bare trees, distant buildings, pale sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, faded color, slight softness, exposure variation, frame weave, and handheld steadiness typical of home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Washington establishing insert, reflective cutaway, transition beat, or quiet memory shot around wartime-era civic imagery.
Historical context: The frames show the Jefferson Memorial as a calm civic landmark beside the Tidal Basin, with no visible ceremony, crowd, traffic, or identifiable individual activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or public-landmark use requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Jefferson Memorial footage, Washington D.C. Tidal Basin home movie, and vintage U.S. landmark exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, D.C. exteriors, then broader U.S. monument or civic-landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 8mm view of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., seen across the Tidal Basin with dome, columns, shoreline, and reflection. — The Jefferson Memorial stands across the Tidal Basin, its white dome and colonnade reflected in the water.

1943 Washington, D.C. home-movie frame showing the Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin, with columns, dome, shoreline, and muted sky. — A steady visitor view frames the Jefferson Memorial from across the Tidal Basin.

1943 8mm frame of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., showing the dome and columns above the Tidal Basin shoreline. — The monument fills more of the frame, with bare trees and water along the foreground.

1943 home-movie view of the Jefferson Memorial beside the Tidal Basin, with the white dome, columns, reflection, trees, and distant buildings visible. — The shot holds on the Jefferson Memorial and its reflection across the water.

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