Washington DC USA-1943: Pink Lotus Flower Blooming in Pond

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

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Pink Lotus Flower Blooming in Pond — Clip Details

A delicate pink lotus flower blooms amidst large green lily pads in a tranquil pond, captured on 8mm film in 1943. The soft focus and natural grain of the vintage home movie highlight the gentle beauty of nature, with the flower slowly unfurling its petals. This serene, archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment of growth and tranquility, perfect for historical or nature-themed 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: 123137809

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 Washington, DC home-movie nature footage suited to documentary cutaways, garden references, or quiet seasonal inserts.
Period detail: The frames show a pink lotus among broad green leaves, with no visible landmarks or fashion cues beyond the supported 1943 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on a pond flower from an observational home-movie viewpoint, preserving a quiet unstaged outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pink lotus bloom, broad lily pads, dark pond water, stems, soft background foliage, and black film frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight exposure falloff consistent with small-gauge home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, reflective transition, botanical cutaway, or memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The clip records a close view of ornamental pond plant life in Washington, DC, without visible people, signage, or civic landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, collection provenance, and location claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1943 8mm lotus flower, Washington DC pond plant footage, 1940s home movie nature, and pink lotus lily pads.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1943 Washington, DC material, then broader 1940s garden, pond, or plant-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a pink lotus bloom surrounded by broad green lily pads and pond stems. — Pink lotus bloom framed by large lily pads in a pond.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a pink lotus centered among green lily pads and shadowed pond water. — Close view of a pink lotus rising from lily pads.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a soft-focus pink lotus with broad green pond leaves around it. — Soft-focus lotus flower surrounded by pond leaves.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame of a pink lotus beside overlapping lily pads, with muted color and film grain. — Pink lotus beside overlapping green lily pads.

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