Washington DC USA-1952: A Formally Dressed Family Poses Outdoors

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Formally Dressed Family Poses Outdoors — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a group of formally dressed adults posing outdoors in Washington DC. The scene features a woman in a dark blue dress with a white collar, a man in a light suit, and others in period attire, all smiling and standing near a building with greenery. The footage shows slight camera movement as the group shifts, with natural lighting creating contrast between sunlit faces and shadowed backgrounds. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, making it ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or archival projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123335032

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

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1950s Washington DC home-movie requests needing formally dressed adults posing outdoors for documentary, museum, education, or period family-life sequences.
Period detail: The formal dresses, suits, pinned brooch, white gloves or cuffs, and posed group arrangement may show early-1950s social attire in a visitor or family setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the brief posed interaction as adults smile, adjust positions, and acknowledge the camera from a close home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adults, formal suits and dresses, a dark blue dress with a white collar, greenery, a building column, strong sun, and deep shadow.
Film character: The 8mm color image has soft focus, grain, high-contrast sunlight, slight handheld drift, and color fading that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short family-memory insert, a period social-life cutaway, or a transition into a 1950s Washington DC personal-history segment.
Historical context: The clip visually documents adults presenting themselves formally outdoors, suggesting a family gathering or visit without enough evidence to identify an event.
Research note: Faces are clearly visible, so copyright, likeness, and any location or family identification questions should be reviewed separately before sensitive use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1952 8mm family posing outdoors, Washington DC home movie, 1950s formal family group, and vintage adults in suits and dresses.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1952 Washington DC material, and then with broader 1950s family gathering or formal attire clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Washington DC home-movie frame of formally dressed adults posing outdoors in sun and shadow near greenery. — A small group of adults poses outdoors in formal clothing near a shaded building entrance.

1952 Washington DC frame showing formally dressed adults grouped outside near plants and a shadowed doorway. — The group remains posed as sunlight catches the central figures and the background falls into shadow.

A 1952 Washington DC home-movie frame shows adults in formal period clothing standing together outdoors near greenery. — A tighter view centers on the formally dressed group as they smile toward the camera.

1952 Washington DC home-movie frame of adults in suits and dresses posing outdoors beside greenery and deep shade. — The final frame shows the group shifted right, with greenery more visible behind the man in a gray suit.

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