Washington DC-1975: Pan Of A Park With Skyscrapers In The Background And People

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

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Pan Of A Park With Skyscrapers In The Background And People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of a park in Washington DC, with tall skyscrapers rising in the background. The grainy black-and-white footage shows leafless trees in the foreground, a calm lake with small boats, and people enjoying the outdoors. The camera pans slowly across the scene, revealing the contrast between the natural landscape and the urban skyline. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1970s life in the nation's capital, with authentic film grain and a classic home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123208848

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Washington, DC travel or city-park sequences needing visitor-shot 8mm views of parkland, water, small boats, and a distant urban skyline.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1970s urban park visit, with leafless trees, rowboats on a lake, and high-rise buildings visible beyond the park landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual pan from a visitor's vantage point, watching a public park and skyline rather than staging a formal city view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, small boats, bare trees, park paths or shoreline, distant people, high-rise buildings, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a soft black-and-white 8mm look with visible grain, gate shadows, slight blur, and handheld panning that preserves the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for a Washington, DC visit, urban park life, or 1970s travel montage.
Historical context: The view places leisure activity in a public green space against a dense city skyline, suggesting everyday outdoor recreation within an urban setting.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1975 8mm Washington DC park skyline, vintage home movie lake boats, 1970s urban park footage, and archival city pan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Washington, DC material, then broader 1970s park, lake, boating, or city-skyline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 8mm Washington, DC park scene with leafless trees, water, small boats, and a distant urban skyline. — A park and lake are seen through soft 8mm framing, with tall buildings rising beyond the trees.

Washington, DC park panorama showing a lake, rowboats, leafless trees, and distant high-rise buildings in 1975 home-movie footage. — The pan continues across the lake and trees toward a distant skyline.

1975 8mm view of a Washington, DC park lake with boats in the foreground and city buildings behind the trees. — Small boats sit on the water as the camera pans past park trees toward nearby buildings.

End of the 1975 Washington, DC park pan, with boats on the lake, bare trees, and high-rise buildings in the background. — The final frame holds the lake, boats, trees, and skyline within the rounded 8mm frame edge.

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