Washington DC-1975: Person Feeding Swan and Ducks in Park

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

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Person Feeding Swan and Ducks in Park — Clip Details

A person in a light jacket and dark pants crouches on grass, feeding a white swan and several ducks in a park-like setting. Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this grainy black-and-white home movie captures a quiet, nostalgic moment of human-animal interaction. The swan stretches its neck to take food from the person's hand while other waterfowl gather nearby. The footage has a soft, vintage quality with natural film grain and slight vignetting, evoking a personal memory from a Washington DC visit.

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: 123207520

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 a brief park wildlife cutaway or human-animal interaction insert.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s casual clothing, 8mm framing, and park grass, with no visible landmark confirming the Washington DC setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage captures an unstaged crouching person hand-feeding a swan while ducks gather nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, several ducks, a crouching adult, grass, food in hand, dark trousers, and soft frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows coarse grain, soft focus, slight gate shadow, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet memory beat, wildlife cutaway, visitor-film insert, or transition within a 1970s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual public feeding of park waterfowl as recorded from a personal travel or family-film perspective.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location-use questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1970s 8mm Washington DC park footage, swan feeding home movie, ducks on grass, and vintage waterfowl cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Washington visit footage, then with 1975 DC park material, then with broader home-movie wildlife or feeding scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Washington DC home-movie frame showing a crouching person feeding a white swan as ducks gather on grass. — A swan reaches toward food held by a crouching person, with ducks nearby on the grass.

A white swan bends toward the ground beside a crouching person in this 1975 Washington DC park home-movie frame. — The swan lowers its head near the crouching person while ducks remain in the background.

The swan and several ducks cluster close to a crouching adult feeding birds on grass in 1975 Washington DC footage. — Waterfowl gather close as the crouching person continues feeding them by hand.

A crouching person in a light jacket feeds a white swan on grass, with ducks nearby in 1975 Washington DC home-movie footage. — The swan stays close to the feeder as ducks linger around the park grass.

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