Washington DC USA-1943: A Couple People Near A White House On A Small River With

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

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A Couple People Near A White House On A Small River With — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1943 captures a serene riverside scene in Washington DC. The footage shows a small white house nestled beside a calm river, with a wooden lock structure and a dirt towpath. A few people stand near the lock, observing the waterway. The surrounding landscape features bare trees and dry grass, suggesting early spring. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a nostalgic, archival quality perfect for historical documentaries or period projects.

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: 123137697

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: 1940s Washington, DC home-movie footage useful for documentary inserts about leisure travel, waterways, spring scenery, or everyday public spaces.
Period detail: The towpath, lock structure, bare trees, and modest riverside house may show a mid-century canal or small waterway scene in early spring.
Home-movie behavior: The camera shifts from close flowering branches to a visitor's view of people standing near a lock and house across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pink blossoms, dark stems, a dirt towpath, canal or river water, a lock structure, bare trees, a small white house, and distant people.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a spring establishing insert, a quiet transition from floral detail to place, or a memory beat in a wartime-era sequence.
Historical context: The clip records an everyday outdoor waterway visit rather than a formal event, with people present only as small figures in the landscape.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searchers looking for 1940s Washington DC 8mm home movies, canal lock footage, riverside house scenes, spring blossoms, or towpath views may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1943 Washington DC material, and finally with canal, riverside, spring, or home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm close-up of pink flowering branches, likely part of a 1940s Washington, DC home-movie sequence. — Pink blossoms fill the frame in a close, soft-focus home-movie shot.

Close floral detail with pink blooms and yellow flowers in a softly exposed 8mm frame from the Washington, DC clip. — Flowering branches are filmed close up before the scene changes to the waterway.

Another close 8mm view of pink spring blossoms, with dark branches and soft exposure in the home-movie footage. — The camera lingers on pink blossoms in a tight, handheld composition.

Washington, DC waterway view showing a small white house, lock structure, towpath, bare trees, and distant people in 1943 home-movie footage. — A riverside house and lock structure appear beyond the towpath, with small figures near the water.

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