Washington DC-1964: White Plane Soaring over Green Fields

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Washington DC

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White Plane Soaring over Green Fields — Clip Details

A small white plane soars through a vivid blue sky in this 8mm home movie from 1964. The aircraft, captured in flight with its landing gear extended, gradually recedes into the distance. As the clip progresses, the camera follows the plane as it flies over a rural landscape of green fields and scattered trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century aviation and countryside life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124004925

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: 1964 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, DC, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s aviation, rural landscape, or home-movie requests needing a small aircraft in flight over fields for documentary or educational sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century light aircraft activity, with a white single-engine plane, fixed landing gear, open fields, and saturated 8mm color supporting the 1964 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the plane from below and across the horizon, giving the clip the observational feel of a bystander filming a passing aircraft rather than a staged aviation scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white small plane, blue sky, dark film edges, grain and dust, open crop fields, low horizon trees, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip carries vivid 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, dust specks, and slight handheld tracking that preserve the texture of the original physical film scan.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short aviation insert, rural transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat between scenes about flight, countryside, or mid-century everyday life.
Historical context: The scene places a small aircraft above an agricultural landscape, suggesting everyday recreational or local aviation as seen through a 1960s home-movie camera.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but users should still confirm copyright status and any aircraft-identification concerns for their project.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s 8mm small plane, home movie aircraft over fields, white plane rural sky, and Washington DC 1964 aviation footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel aviation or countryside shots, then with Washington DC 1964 material, then with broader 1960s rural transportation or small-aircraft themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white small aircraft appears close in frame against a vivid blue sky in 1964 8mm home-movie footage from the Washington DC metadata set. — Small white plane passes overhead against a saturated blue sky.

The small white aircraft recedes across the blue sky, framed by dark 8mm gate edges and visible film debris. — Aircraft moves farther away within the 8mm frame.

The aircraft appears small and distant against a pale blue sky, emphasizing the handheld home-movie tracking of the flight. — Distant plane crosses an open sky.

The white aircraft flies above green crop fields and a low horizon line, consistent with the clip metadata’s 1964 Washington DC-area rural setting. — Plane flies over open fields with trees along the horizon.

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