Washington DC USA-1952: Trees Blowing In The Wind With Classic Car On Driveway

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

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Trees Blowing In The Wind With Classic Car On Driveway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a sun-dappled suburban scene in Washington DC. Lush green trees sway gently in the breeze, their leaves creating a natural frame as sunlight filters through. A classic black sedan, likely a 1950s model, is parked on a quiet driveway, its chrome details catching the light. The footage has a soft, nostalgic quality with natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a peaceful 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123335209

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 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 a quiet suburban exterior, leafy motion, or a parked mid-century car as an atmospheric cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century residential setting, with a dark rounded sedan, chrome trim, mature landscaping, and a paved driveway visible through trees.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a shaded, informal home-movie position, valuing wind in the trees and a parked car rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include evergreen branches, bright lawn, a driveway, a dark vintage sedan, tree trunks, a light-colored wall or building, and heavy shade.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, high-contrast sun patches, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a suburban memory beat, exterior establishing insert, quiet transition, or cutaway for mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private residential or garden-like exterior in the early 1950s, without visible people, signage, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the car and possible residential grounds should still be reviewed for copyright, property, and contextual use concerns.
Research search match: Search matches include 1952 8mm Washington DC home movie trees, vintage sedan driveway, suburban exterior, wind in trees, and mid-century car cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1952 Washington, DC home movies, then broader 1950s suburban exteriors with cars and trees.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing leafy trees and a bright exterior glimpsed through shade. — Sunlight filters through trees toward a partially hidden exterior.

Leafy 8mm view of trees and a light-colored exterior in a Washington, DC residential setting. — Trees and shade dominate the view, with a bright exterior beyond.

Soft 1952 8mm frame of shaded trees and foliage, with a sunlit exterior partly visible behind them. — A home-movie view lingers on trees and bright foliage.

1952 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a dark rounded sedan on a driveway amid trees and lawn. — A dark mid-century sedan sits on a driveway beside sunlit grass.

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