Washington DC USA-1943: White Water Lily Blooming Among Floating Lily Pads

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

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White Water Lily Blooming Among Floating Lily Pads — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond scene in Washington DC. The footage shows a white water lily in full bloom, its yellow center contrasting with pale petals, floating among lily pads on still water. The image has a soft, grainy quality typical of Super 8 film, with a greenish tint and subtle film wear. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and natural beauty from mid-20th century America.

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: 123137760

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Washington, DC nature footage for productions needing a quiet botanical cutaway from 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show a handwritten lily gardens title card and soft 8mm pond views, with no visible landmarks to independently verify place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational pace of a home-movie visit, lingering on a water lily and lily pads rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten title card, still pond water, lily pads, a white water lily, a yellow flower center and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift and frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned 8mm physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm botanical insert, nature transition, reflective pause or memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests a mid-century garden or pond visit, but the frames do not show identifiable Washington landmarks or public signage.
Research note: No people, logos or private interiors are visible, though copyright, location access and property context should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm water lily, Washington DC garden pond, vintage home movie lily pads and archival botanical footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with Washington DC 1943 material, then with other garden, pond or botanical home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Handwritten lily gardens title card on a greenish surface in 1940s 8mm home-movie footage from the Washington, DC metadata context. — Handwritten title card reading lily gardens before the pond view.

White water lily with a yellow center floating among lily pads in a Washington, DC pond scene identified by clip metadata. — A white water lily appears among pale lily pads on still water.

Soft 8mm view of lily pads and a white water lily on still water, presented as 1943 Washington, DC home-movie footage. — Lily pads cluster around a white bloom in the pond.

A white water lily and surrounding lily pads remain in view on a softly colored pond surface in the 8mm garden clip. — The pond view holds on the water lily and surrounding pads.

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