Washington DC USA-1943: Black Swan Swimming In Pond Dipping And Raising Its Head

$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

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

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Black Swan Swimming In Pond Dipping And Raising Its Head — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures black swans swimming gracefully in a pond at a formal garden in Washington DC. The swans glide across the water, creating ripples as they dip their heads and raise them, with lush green hedges lining the pond's edge. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, archival quality. A handwritten title card reading 'The Capitol' appears at the end, confirming the location. This authentic 1940s home movie offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in a historic urban setting, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and 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: 123137730

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 home-movie footage for requests needing Washington DC garden wildlife, black swans on water, or a brief archival pond cutaway.
Period detail: The handwritten card reading "The Capitol" and warm 8mm color support the supplied 1943 Washington DC context, while the garden setting itself is formal but not landmark-specific.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie feel, observing swans from a fixed pond-side position rather than staging animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two black swans, pond ripples, a pale stone or concrete pond edge, clipped hedges, leafy plantings, film-frame borders, and a handwritten title card.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, warm color drift, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, a Washington DC travel-memory beat, or a gentle transition into garden or civic-location material.
Historical context: The scene places ornamental waterfowl in a formal urban garden setting, offering quiet visual context around leisure viewing in wartime-era Washington DC.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, archive source terms, and any location/property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1943 8mm Washington DC black swans, vintage home movie pond waterfowl, Capitol title card, and formal garden wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other 1943 Washington DC or Capitol-area material, and then with vintage pond, garden, bird, or urban wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington DC home-movie frame showing two black swans moving across a formal garden pond with ripples behind them. — Two black swans move through the pond water near the garden edge.

1943 Washington DC 8mm frame with one black swan approaching in the foreground and another farther back on the pond. — A foreground swan faces the camera while another swan swims farther across the pond.

1943 Washington DC home-movie frame showing two black swans separated across a formal pond with soft 8mm color and grain. — The swans separate across the pond as ripples spread behind them.

Handwritten 8mm title card reading "The Capitol," supporting the supplied Washington DC location context for the clip. — A handwritten title card identifies the sequence as "The Capitol."

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