Washington DC-1975: A White Swan And A Flock Of Ducks Are Fed By A Human

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

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A White Swan And A Flock Of Ducks Are Fed By A Human — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a person feeding a white swan and a flock of ducks at a pond in Washington DC. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the birds gathering eagerly as the human hand offers food, with the swan's long neck curving down to eat. The scene has a nostalgic, candid quality, with natural light and the characteristic soft focus of Super 8 film. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife interaction footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123207500

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1970s Washington DC home-movie requests needing candid bird-feeding, park wildlife, or everyday visitor activity as documentary cutaway footage.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s casual outdoor clothing and visitor-shot pondside activity, with the date and Washington DC location supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged human hand feeding a white swan and nearby ducks from close range, typical of informal family or travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, mallard ducks, a cluster of smaller ducks, a human arm and hand offering food, pond-edge ground, shadows, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that add archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within 1970s Washington DC or park-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday public interaction with pond birds, showing casual feeding behavior rather than a formal event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People are partly visible through an arm or body edge, so copyright, likeness, and location context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1975 8mm Washington DC swan feeding, vintage home movie ducks at pond, black-and-white park wildlife, and human feeding waterfowl.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Washington DC visitor footage, then broader pond, bird, and home-movie wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm Washington DC footage showing a clustered group of ducks near pondside ground in soft black-and-white focus. — A flock of ducks gathers in the opening frame of the pondside sequence.

A white swan lowers its long neck toward food offered by a human hand, with ducks nearby in 1975 Washington DC home-movie footage. — The swan reaches toward a hand feeding it as ducks wait nearby.

The swan and ducks remain close to a person at the pond edge, with the swan's neck curved downward toward offered food. — A person at the edge of the frame feeds the swan while ducks gather around.

A white swan feeds from a person's hand while several ducks remain nearby on the pondside ground in black-and-white 8mm footage. — The final frame holds on the swan feeding from a hand among nearby ducks.

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