Washington DC USA-1943: Trees Sun Folks Walking

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

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Trees Sun Folks Walking — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched day in Washington DC, USA. The footage shows a park-like setting with blooming trees and manicured hedges, viewed through a dark frame suggesting a window or doorway. A few people stroll along a grassy path in the distance, enjoying the pleasant weather. The warm, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic 1940s Americana for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 123137647

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 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 Washington, DC home-movie requests needing a brief park or garden cutaway with spring trees and distant pedestrians.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and manicured public greenery may show a 1943 visitor view of Washington, DC in pleasant weather.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing people strolling at a distance through a dark foreground frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blooming trees, leafless branches, rounded hedges, grass, distant walkers, and dark vertical framing at the sides.
Film character: Warm faded color, soft focus, light grain, and slight handheld instability give the footage recognizable mid-century 8mm texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short establishing insert, seasonal transition, or reflective memory beat within a Washington or wartime home-front sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests ordinary outdoor leisure in a maintained urban green space, without enough detail to identify a specific park or event.
Research note: People appear only as distant figures, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are evident from these frames.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1940s Washington DC park home movie, 8mm blooming trees, vintage pedestrians walking, and spring garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC exteriors, then broader 1940s park and walking scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a blooming tree, manicured hedges, grass, and distant people walking in a park-like setting. — Blooming trees and hedges frame distant pedestrians in a Washington, DC green space.

The 1943 Washington, DC home-movie view holds on flowering trees, shrubs, bare branches, and distant pedestrians across grass. — A soft 8mm view of flowering trees and small figures walking beyond the shrubs.

A warm 8mm frame from Washington, DC in 1943 shows a flowering tree, hedges, grass, and distant visitors partly obscured by foliage. — Flowering branches and hedges fill the foreground while distant visitors pass at left.

The final 1943 Washington, DC frame shows a soft-focus flowering tree, shrubs, lawn, and distant pedestrians in a landscaped green space. — The clip ends on flowering trees, hedges, and distant walkers in soft spring light.

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