Washington DC USA-1943: A Solitary Purple Flower Shakes In The Slight Breeze

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

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A Solitary Purple Flower Shakes In The Slight Breeze — Clip Details

A delicate purple flower sways gently in a light breeze, its bell-shaped blooms and broad green leaves captured in vintage 8mm film. The scene unfolds in a natural woodland setting, with fallen leaves and twigs scattered across the forest floor. Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this archival home movie footage features subtle camera shake and the warm, slightly faded color palette characteristic of mid-century home recordings. The quiet, contemplative moment evokes a sense of nostalgia and connection to nature.

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: 123137714

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 quiet nature cutaway from Washington, DC-area home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible scene offers few date-specific clues beyond the supported 1943 8mm source, showing a woodland-floor flower in color home-movie footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an amateur home-movie habit of pausing on a small natural detail rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple bell-shaped flower, broad green leaves, thin stems, dry brown leaves, twigs, soil, and soft surrounding foliage.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, warm faded color, soft focus, handheld steadiness, and visible frame-edge darkness as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, seasonal transition, reflective pause, or memory beat within a 1940s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a modest close view of plant life, suggesting everyday attention to gardens or woodland edges without identifiable public context.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, source licensing, and botanical identification should still be checked.
Research search match: Searches such as 1943 8mm purple flower, Washington DC home movie nature, vintage woodland foliage, or 1940s garden cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington DC 1943 home-movie material, then with other vintage flowers or woodland cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 8mm Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a purple flower, broad leaves, twigs, and fallen leaves on the ground. — A close view of a purple flower and green leaves on a dry woodland floor.

A close 8mm frame of the same purple woodland flower in Washington, DC, with soft focus, leaves, stems, and dry ground cover. — The flower and leaves remain close to camera, with dry leaves and twigs behind them.

Washington, DC 1943 8mm frame showing the flower slightly shifted in view, with broad leaves and scattered woodland debris. — A handheld close-up catches the purple flower and leafy stems against the forest floor.

Final 1943 8mm frame of the purple flower in a natural Washington, DC setting, with leaves, stems, and dry woodland floor visible. — The clip ends on the same small flower, framed by green leaves and dry ground cover.

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