Washington DC-1975: A View Of A Large And Long Interesting Looking White Building

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

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A View Of A Large And Long Interesting Looking White... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this archival footage captures a large, modernist white building in Washington DC, likely a government or institutional structure. The camera pans across the facade, revealing its distinctive architectural features, including tall columns and a flat roofline. Classic American automobiles from the mid-1970s are parked in front, adding to the period authenticity. The black-and-white image exhibits the characteristic grain and soft focus of vintage home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a significant landmark in the nation's capital.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123209359

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Washington, DC establishing material showing a large modernist institutional building for documentary, education, or period urban cutaways.
Period detail: The parked rounded automobiles, flat-roofed white facade, and columned entrance may show mid-1970s civic or institutional architecture in Washington, DC.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera panning across the facade from a parking area rather than staging a formal architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long white building, tall entrance columns, rooftop structures, parked vintage cars, a curbside drive, and soft winter trees.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing give the shot a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, transition, location cutaway, or period memory beat for a Washington visit sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a large public-facing building within a car-oriented urban setting, without confirming the building's identity or function.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but building identification and property-context review may still be needed for intended use.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1970s Washington DC building, 8mm government building exterior, vintage cars outside institution, and home movie city landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Washington, DC footage from 1975, then 1970s institutional exteriors and street cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a long white modernist building and parked cars in the foreground. — A long white building is seen from across a parking area with mid-century cars in front.

Washington, DC frame showing a white building with tall vertical columns and vintage cars near the curb. — The camera centers on a columned section of the white building with several cars parked outside.

Closer Washington, DC home-movie view of the building's columned entrance, upper windows, and cars below. — A closer pan view shows the columned entrance area, rooftop details, and parked automobiles.

Washington, DC frame showing the side of a long white institutional-looking building beside a curbside drive. — The pan reaches a side section of the building with a lower wing, driveway, and parked cars.

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