Washington DC USA-1943: Peacock Displaying Plumage and Purple Wildflowers

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Peacock Displaying Plumage and Purple Wildflowers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a peacock displaying its magnificent plumage in a natural outdoor setting. The first four frames show delicate purple and white bell-shaped flowers with green leaves growing among fallen leaves and twigs, while the final frame reveals the peacock with its tail fully fanned, showcasing iridescent blue and green feathers. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for historical, nature, or nostalgic 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: 123137717

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: 1940s 8mm nature home-movie footage for productions needing Washington, DC-era cutaways of garden wildflowers and a peacock display.
Period detail: The frames offer few built-environment clues, but the 8mm color, rounded frame edges, and metadata-supported 1943 date place the clip in a wartime home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor or family-film perspective, lingering first on small woodland flowers before finding the peacock with its tail spread.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple bell-shaped flowers, green leaves, fallen brown leaves, twigs, soft garden ground, and a peacock fanning dark iridescent plumage.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, saturated color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and frame-edge shadows that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a nature insert, a quiet transition, or a brief memory beat between broader 1940s Washington, DC or home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The clip suggests recreational attention to animals and plants in an outdoor setting, without visible people, landmarks, signs, or identifiable institutions.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location, and any property or animal-display context should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1943 8mm peacock footage, 1940s Washington DC home movie nature, purple wildflowers archival footage, and vintage garden bird display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC footage, and then related archival nature, garden, bird, or flower scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 8mm Washington, DC home-movie frame showing purple wildflowers, green leaves, and woodland ground debris. — Purple bell-shaped flowers and leaves fill a soft-focus outdoor frame.

Metadata-supported 1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame of small purple flowers and leafy ground cover outdoors. — A close garden or woodland view shows small purple flowers among leaves and twigs.

1943 Washington, DC home-movie frame with purple wildflowers, green leaves, and dry outdoor ground texture. — The camera remains close to the flowers and leafy ground cover.

1943 8mm Washington, DC frame showing a peacock displaying its fanned plumage in an outdoor setting. — A peacock stands with its tail fanned across the shaded background.

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