Washington DC-1964: Glider Taking off and Landing on Dusty Airstrip

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

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Glider Taking off and Landing on Dusty Airstrip — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a glider with registration N150GC taking off and landing on a flat, open airstrip. The aircraft, featuring a white fuselage and a distinctive red tail, moves across the dusty ground under a clear purple-tinged sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century aviation. This clip is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and history educators exploring 1960s aviation culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 124004990

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for 1960s 8mm aviation footage, especially documentary or educational edits needing a small glider on a bare airstrip.
Period detail: The small sailplane, dusty open runway and color-shifted 8mm look may show mid-century recreational aviation as documented in a 1964 home movie.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's view from ground level, following the glider as it approaches, touches down and rolls across the airstrip.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white glider, red tail markings, long wings, dusty flat ground, low scrub, distant horizon and a clear purple-tinted sky.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, specks, color shift and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short aviation insert, travel-memory cutaway, transition into flight training material or a quiet 1960s technology beat.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for small-aircraft leisure or training on an undeveloped airstrip without making claims about the pilot or facility.
Research note: Aircraft markings and tail colors may require identification review; no people are visible, but copyright, aircraft livery and location rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm glider footage, vintage sailplane landing, home movie airstrip, Washington DC aviation archive and 1960s small aircraft.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington DC material, then broader 1960s aviation or airfield home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame of a white glider with red tail markings approaching low over a flat Washington DC-area airstrip. — A glider approaches low over the open airstrip, with its long wings stretching across the frame.

The white glider appears close to touchdown on the open airstrip, framed by 8mm gate edges and a clear purple sky. — The aircraft descends toward the runway with the horizon low behind it.

A 1964 home-movie frame shows the glider moving along the flat airstrip after landing or takeoff, with soft focus and visible film grain. — The glider rolls across the runway, partially softened by motion and film texture.

The white glider sits or rolls on the Washington DC-area airstrip, its red tail markings visible under a purple-tinted 8mm sky. — The glider is seen low on the runway, its wings extending nearly across the frame.

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