Washington DC USA-1952: Group Of Six People Pose For Picture On A Sunny Day

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

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Group Of Six People Pose For Picture On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a group of six adults posing outdoors in Washington DC. The scene features three women and three men in formal attire—women in dresses with collars and men in suits and bow ties—standing near a building with greenery. The group shifts slightly, smiling and interacting as they pose for the camera under bright daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, candid moment from mid-century America.

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: 123335083

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Washington, DC home-movie requests needing a brief formal group portrait or social gathering insert.
Period detail: The formal suits, bow ties, collared dresses, and soft color 8mm look support a mid-century setting, with the 1952 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The group shifts, smiles, and turns toward one another as someone off-camera films a posed outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include six adults, formal dresses and suits, bow ties, bright sunlight, shaded building walls, greenery, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, high-contrast sunlight, color shift, and slight handheld motion.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, social-history cutaway, or transitional insert for mid-century American family and civic life.
Historical context: The scene shows formally dressed adults posing outdoors, suggesting a social visit or occasion without enough visual evidence to identify the event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, but copyright and any location permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1952 8mm Washington DC group portrait, mid-century adults posing outdoors, or vintage home movie formal gathering match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Washington, DC footage, then broader 1950s formal group and family gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Six adults appear to pose outdoors in Washington, DC in 1952, wearing suits and dark dresses near a shaded building wall. — A formally dressed group gathers outdoors and prepares to pose for the camera.

The group poses in bright daylight, with several faces turned toward the camera and one woman partly obscured in shadow. — The group settles into a smiling pose in the sun and shade.

A formally dressed man and woman stand in the foreground while other adults appear behind them in the shaded outdoor setting. — Two foreground figures turn toward each other as the rest of the group remains nearby.

A man in a light suit, a woman in a dark suit, and a man with a red tie stand together in the 1952 Washington, DC home-movie scene. — The group breaks from the pose as foreground figures look toward one another.

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