Washington DC USA-1943: Red Water Lily Blooming In Pond With Lily Pads

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

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Red Water Lily Blooming In Pond With Lily Pads — Clip Details

A vibrant red water lily blooms in the center of a dark pond, surrounded by lily pads and rippling water. Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures the flower's delicate petals glowing against the shadowy surface. The image shows natural film grain and subtle color shifts typical of early color processes, with a soft focus and slight camera shake. The scene evokes quiet nostalgia and the beauty of nature, preserved in classic archival footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137679

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.

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 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 archival requests needing a brief natural-world cutaway from Washington, DC home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial editorial use.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or dated objects, so the 1943 Washington, DC attribution comes from clip metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet, observational quality of a home-movie record, with the camera lingering on a water lily and surrounding pond surface rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red water lily, pale petal tips, round lily pads, dark pond water, reflected foliage, ripples, and soft shadow across the frame.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, soft focus, color warmth, slight exposure variation, and minor gate or frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, reflective transition, seasonal cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small domestic or recreational nature view from the early 1940s, without visible landmarks or social activity to identify a specific setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any underlying collection rights should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1943 8mm water lily footage, Washington DC pond flowers, vintage home movie nature cutaway, and 1940s lily pad film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC material, then broader 1940s garden, pond, flower, or home-movie nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red water lily and round lily pads on dark pond water in 1943 Washington, DC 8mm home-movie footage. — A red water lily sits near the center of the pond, surrounded by lily pads and dark reflections.

Red water lily remains centered against dark pond water and lily pads in 1943 Washington, DC 8mm footage. — The bloom is framed by lily pads and shadowed reflections on the pond surface.

Soft 8mm frame of a red water lily with lily pads and dark reflections, attributed to 1943 Washington, DC. — The flower and pads remain steady in view, with visible grain and gentle color shift.

Final frame shows the red water lily, lily pads, and dark pond reflections in 1943 Washington, DC home-movie footage. — The clip closes on the same pond detail, with the red bloom bright against the dark water.

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