Washington DC USA-1943: Mid Century Video Of Lily Pads And Flower Floating On

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

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Mid Century Video Of Lily Pads And Flower Floating On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond scene with lily pads and a single white water lily in full bloom. The footage shows gentle ripples on the dark water surface, with green pads floating and a delicate flower centering the frame. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic mid-century atmosphere. This archival clip offers a peaceful glimpse of nature, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123137764

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 footage for productions needing a quiet pond, lily pad, or water-lily cutaway with home-movie provenance.
Period detail: The frames show natural pond details rather than dated architecture or dress, so the 1943 Washington, DC attribution comes from clip metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a small pond surface at close range, giving the scene the unstaged patience of a home-movie nature detail.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark pond water, round lily pads, a pale water lily, submerged stems, faint ripples, film gate edges, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, light exposure variation, and small film marks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a quiet insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between more specific 1940s Washington scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers domestic-era observation of a pond or garden water feature without visible people, buildings, or public landmarks in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible in these frames, but users should still review copyright status and source documentation separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1943 8mm lily pads, Washington DC pond home movie, vintage water lily footage, and 1940s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC material, then broader 1940s garden, pond, and quiet nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing lily pads on dark water with a pale water lily and visible film border. — Lily pads and a pale water lily float on a dark pond surface.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a pale water lily surrounded by green lily pads and submerged pond stems. — A pale water lily sits among clustered pads and submerged stems.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a closer view of a pale water lily, rounded pads, and shadowed pond water. — The camera lingers closer on the lily flower and surrounding pads.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a pale water lily low in frame and lily pads scattered over dark water. — A pale bloom rests below center as lily pads spread across the pond.

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