Washington DC USA-1943: White Water Lily with Yellow Center

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

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White Water Lily with Yellow Center — Clip Details

A delicate white water lily with a vibrant yellow center blooms on a pond, surrounded by mottled green lily pads. Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures the serene beauty of nature with soft focus and warm color tones. The gentle stillness of the flower contrasts with the subtle film grain and natural imperfections of the Super 8 footage, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and timeless elegance. Ideal for historical, nature, or archival 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: 123137937

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: Useful for 1940s Washington, DC home-movie requests needing a quiet nature cutaway, garden insert, or archival pond detail without people or signage.
Period detail: The frames show a white water lily and lily pads, with period evidence coming mainly from the 8mm color film texture and the supplied 1943 Washington, DC metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The short clip reflects an unstaged home-movie impulse to pause on a small natural detail, holding on the flower rather than documenting an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white water lily, yellow flower center, dark pond water, mottled lily pads, leaf shadows, soft focus, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries warm color, visible grain, slight softness, exposure variation, and contact-print framing that give the botanical subject clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or visual pause between human activity and broader Washington, DC archive material.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of nature in a 1943 home-movie context, showing ornamental pond life rather than identifiable wartime, civic, or street activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any project-specific location or collection restrictions.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1943 8mm water lily footage, vintage pond flower home movie, Washington DC nature cutaway, and 1940s lily pad film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1943 Washington, DC material, then broader 1940s garden, pond, flower, or nature home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a white water lily with a yellow center near mottled lily pads on dark pond water. — White water lily fills the frame beside lily pads on a dark pond surface.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a centered white water lily, yellow center, surrounding lily pads, and dark pond water. — Centered water lily appears in soft focus with lily pads along the pond edge.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a close view of a white water lily over dark pond water with mottled lily pads nearby. — Close view of the lily bloom shows pale petals, a yellow center, and nearby lily pads.

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame with a smaller white water lily below broad mottled lily pads on dark pond water. — The lily appears lower in the frame, surrounded by broad lily pads and dark water.

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