Washington DC USA-1952: The Sunday Family Reunion Recorded At The Mother's House

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

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The Sunday Family Reunion Recorded At The Mother's House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a family reunion at a mother's house in Washington DC. A group of adults, dressed in formal 1950s attire—women in dresses with collars and men in suits—pose together on a sunlit porch. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere. The camera remains mostly still, capturing the quiet joy and connection of a Sunday gathering. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century American family life and domestic moments.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123335114

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 U.S. family-life requests needing a brief home-movie insert of adults posing at a Sunday reunion in Washington, DC.
Period detail: The formal suits, collared dresses, pearls, and soft 8mm color may show early-1950s middle-class family dress and porch portrait customs.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet posed behavior, with relatives standing close together and looking toward the family camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in formal clothing, a sunlit porch or doorway, white columns or trim, leafy shadows, dresses, suits, and faces turned toward camera.
Film character: The scan has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure contrast, and contact-sheet frame variation typical of 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, family-history cutaway, reunion insert, or transition into domestic life in the 1950s.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century American family gathering rituals without establishing names, exact address, or occasion beyond the supplied reunion metadata.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and family identification should be reviewed separately from copyright or footage licensing status.
Research search match: Search phrases it may match include 1950s family reunion 8mm, Washington DC home movie, relatives posing on porch, and Sunday family gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Washington, DC material, then broader 1950s family reunion or home-porch footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Washington, DC home-movie frame of adults in suits and dresses posing near a sunlit porch or doorway. — Relatives stand together for a posed family camera moment outside the house.

Adults in 1950s formal clothing stand near a Washington, DC house entrance in a soft 8mm frame. — A smaller grouping poses in bright sun near the house entrance.

Home-movie frame of formally dressed relatives posing outside a Washington, DC house in 1952. — Family members remain grouped closely while the camera holds on the porch scene.

1952 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing relatives in suits and dresses posing outside a house entrance. — The group fills more of the frame, with several faces visible in sun and shadow.

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