Washington DC USA-1943: Yellow Water Lily on Pond in Washington DC

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

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Yellow Water Lily on Pond in Washington DC — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1943 captures a delicate yellow water lily blooming on a pond in Washington DC. The flower, with its bright petals and yellow center, emerges among large green lily pads floating on dark water. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and subtle camera focus shifts, with grass visible at the pond's edge. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of nature, preserved in classic Super 8 film grain and color.

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: 123137863

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: 1940s Washington, DC home-movie nature footage suited for documentary inserts, garden history, or quiet wartime-era atmosphere without people on screen.
Period detail: The frames show no landmarks or dateable objects, so the 1943 Washington, DC context rests on supplied clip metadata rather than visible historical clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal home-movie gaze, lingering on a single pond flower and nearby pads as if recorded during a casual outdoor visit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale yellow water lily, broad green lily pads, dark pond water, shoreline grasses, soft focus, and black 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft color, visible grain, slight focus drift, and contact-print framing that add physical-film texture to the pond detail.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, seasonal transition, reflective pause, or memory beat within a 1940s Washington sequence.
Historical context: As a small natural detail from home-movie footage, the scene offers context for everyday outdoor observation rather than public events or civic landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-related permissions for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm water lily pond, Washington DC home movie nature, vintage lily pads, and wartime-era garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC footage, then broader 1940s garden, pond, and quiet nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a pale yellow water lily surrounded by green lily pads and pond-edge grass. — A single water lily blooms among lily pads on dark pond water.

The water lily remains centered among floating pads, with soft 8mm color and dark pond water visible around it. — The flower holds near center as lily pads fill the surrounding pond surface.

A home-movie frame shows the yellow water lily lower in view, bordered by grasses, lily pads, and dark pond water. — The camera framing shifts slightly, placing the flower lower among pads and grasses.

Late frame of the 1943 Washington, DC pond view, with the water lily partly framed by grass and surrounding lily pads. — Foreground grasses cross the pond view as the lily remains among broad pads.

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