Washington DC USA-1943: People In The Park Enjoying The Trees Walking About It

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

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People In The Park Enjoying The Trees Walking About It — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a serene park scene in Washington DC. Lush trees with golden-yellow blossoms dominate the frame, their vibrant color contrasting with the muted tones of the surrounding foliage. In the final frames, a group of people in period attire, including hats and coats, stroll along a path, enjoying the springtime atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering authentic archival footage for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 123137649

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 1940s Washington, DC home-movie park footage for documentary inserts about spring leisure, urban green spaces, or everyday civilian life.
Period detail: The visible coats, hats, and soft color 8mm look support a mid-20th-century reading, with metadata placing the scene in Washington, DC in 1943.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as the camera lingers on flowering trees and then catches parkgoers walking along a path.
What appears in frame: Flowering trees, bare branches, shrubs, lawn, a path, distant park visitors, dark frame edges, and a partial building edge are visible.
Film character: The footage has warm color shifts, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and visible 8mm gate edges that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime cutaway, a quiet memory beat, or a transition into Washington, DC public-life material.
Historical context: The scene shows people spending time in a landscaped public park, emphasizing ordinary outdoor leisure rather than a formal event or landmark view.
Research note: People and some faces appear in the distance, so likeness and context review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Washington DC park footage, flowering trees, spring visitors, home movie park path, and vintage public garden scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Washington material, then other 1943 District of Columbia clips, then broader 1940s park and spring leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing flowering park trees, shrubs, bare branches, and dark 8mm frame edges. — Flowering trees fill the park view at the start of the clip.

1943 Washington, DC park scene with pale blossoms, layered shrubs, bare tree limbs, and visible 8mm film borders. — The camera holds on blossoms and garden plantings in the park.

1943 Washington, DC home-movie frame with flowering trees, shrubs, lawn, a path, and distant park visitors in coats and hats. — People begin to appear along the path beneath flowering trees.

1943 Washington, DC park frame showing visitors in period coats and hats near flowering trees, shrubs, lawn, and a partial building edge. — A small group of park visitors walks past spring blossoms.

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