Washington DC USA-1943: Home Movie Reel Showing Lakeside Path And Purple Violets

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

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Home Movie Reel Showing Lakeside Path And Purple Violets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Washington DC. The footage shows a dirt path alongside a canal lock with a small white building nearby, where people stroll in period attire. The sequence transitions to close-up views of vibrant purple violets blooming among green leaves and fallen brown leaves, showcasing the natural beauty of the season. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color fading, and soft focus typical of 8mm home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137705

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 material for documentary inserts on leisure walks, canal-side scenery, spring flowers, or wartime-era personal memory.
Period detail: The lakeside path, distant walkers in dark coats, small white building, and soft 8mm color may show early-1940s recreational scenery rather than a formal civic landmark view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a quiet path with people strolling in the distance to intimate close views of violets on the ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dirt path, canal or lock water, stone edge, small white building, distant pedestrians, purple violets, green leaves, and fallen brown leaves.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, seasonal cutaway, memory beat, or transition from public outdoor space to close natural detail.
Historical context: The footage places everyday outdoor observation in Washington, DC during the 1940s, with attention on walking paths and small spring flowers rather than public ceremony.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private interiors are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1943 Washington DC 8mm home movie, canal path, lakeside walk, spring violets, purple flowers, and wartime-era amateur footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1943 Washington, DC footage, then with 1940s parks, walking paths, canals, gardens, and spring flower cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a dirt path beside canal-like water, distant pedestrians, bare trees, and a small white building. — A quiet path runs beside water and a stone edge, with distant walkers and a small white building beyond.

Close 8mm view of purple violets growing among green leaves, twigs, soil, and fallen brown leaves in the 1943 Washington, DC reel. — Purple violets appear in soft focus among leaves and twigs on the ground.

Ground-level flower close-up from the Washington, DC home movie, showing purple violets, rounded green leaves, and dry leaf litter. — The camera lingers close to violets and rounded leaves on a leaf-covered patch of ground.

Softly focused 8mm close-up of purple violets and green leaves on the ground, consistent with the 1943 Washington, DC home-movie sequence. — Violet flowers and glossy leaves fill the closing frame of the short garden-like cutaway.

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