Washington DC-1975: Panoramic View Of Bay Or Harbor

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Panoramic View Of Bay Or Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of a waterfront harbor at dusk. The scene, likely in Washington DC, features a calm bay with several boats and illuminated buildings along the shoreline. The footage exhibits a strong blue color cast typical of older film stock, with visible grain and soft focus. The camera pans slowly across the water, revealing a mix of commercial structures and waterfront architecture under a deep purple sky. This archival clip evokes a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of a quiet evening by the water.

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: 123206156

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1970s 8mm waterfront establishing footage suited for documentary inserts, travel-memory sequences, or archival transitions around Washington DC-area harbor views.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1970s waterfront buildings, small boats, and shoreline lighting seen from across the water, with no identifiable landmark confirmed in the stills.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, panning slowly across a harbor from a distant vantage point without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark water, low shoreline buildings, moored boats, a pier or marina edge, distant hills or treeline, and a deep blue evening sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries strong blue-purple color shift, soft focus, gate edges, grain, and mild exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, waterfront transition, dusk cutaway, or memory beat between travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage presents a quiet 1970s waterfront view where leisure boats and lit shoreline structures suggest a visitor observing the harbor from across the water.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but location and property identification should be reviewed separately from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1975 8mm harbor panorama, Washington DC waterfront home movie, 1970s boats on bay, and vintage dusk shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington DC 1975 travel footage, then with other 1970s harbor, marina, or waterfront establishing views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm frame of a distant waterfront shoreline, with low buildings and boats across dark water under a blue-purple evening sky. — Distant shoreline buildings and boats seen across the harbor at dusk.

1975 8mm frame looking across a harbor toward low waterfront buildings and small boats, with a strong blue-purple film cast. — Waterfront structures and boats line the far shore during the slow pan.

1975 8mm frame of a harbor shoreline with low buildings, boats, and a pier or marina area viewed from across the water. — The pan continues past low shoreline buildings and boats near a pier.

1975 8mm frame showing boats and shoreline structures across harbor water, with a tall mast or pole visible against the blue sky. — Boats and shoreline structures appear at the end of the waterfront pan.

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