Washington DC USA-1943: Yellow Flower Budding Among Green Leaves

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Washington DC

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Yellow Flower Budding Among Green Leaves — Clip Details

A close-up of a budding yellow flower with soft, delicate petals emerging against a backdrop of large green leaves. Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures the quiet beauty of nature with warm, slightly faded colors and subtle film grain. The flower remains centered in the frame, its gentle form highlighted by natural light, evoking a sense of calm and nostalgia. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of mid-20th century nature cinematography, perfect for historical, editorial, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137838

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, DC, 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: This 1943 Washington, DC 8mm clip helps editors source a quiet 1940s nature cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: Visible period clues are limited to the 8mm home-movie color, close framing, and simple garden subject; no landmarks or datable objects appear in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged quality of a home-movie operator pausing on a single flower, valuing a small outdoor detail rather than a formal botanical study.
What appears in frame: The frames show a yellow water-lily-like bud, rounded petals, a slender stem, broad green leaves, dark water or shadow, film borders, and a small hair or scratch on one frame.
Film character: Soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight gate framing, and minor debris give the shot the texture of original 8mm physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, reflective transition, seasonal cutaway, or calm memory beat within a 1940s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage records domestic or recreational attention to a garden or pond detail in wartime-era Washington, DC without showing people, buildings, or public events.
Research note: No people, brands, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and any property context outside these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1943 Washington DC 8mm flower, 1940s home movie yellow water lily, vintage garden close-up, and archival nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC material, and then related 1940s garden, pond, flower, or nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1943 8mm view of a yellow flower bud in Washington, DC, framed by broad green leaves and dark shadowed areas. — Yellow flower bud centered among broad green leaves.

Yellow flower bud with soft layered petals, broad leaves, and dark 8mm frame edges in a Washington, DC home-movie shot from 1943. — Layered yellow petals stand out against green leaves.

A yellow flower bud remains centered among leaves, with a fine hair or scratch visible on the 8mm frame from the 1943 Washington, DC clip. — Yellow bud with a visible film hair or scratch across the flower.

Soft 8mm frame of a yellow flower bud and broad leaves, consistent with the 1943 Washington, DC home-movie metadata. — Softly focused yellow flower bud near the end of the clip.

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