Washington DC-1964: Glider Landing On Dusty Airfield

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Glider Landing On Dusty Airfield — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small white glider landing on a dusty airfield under a purple-tinged sky. The aircraft, with its long wings and tail fin, moves across the frame from left to right, kicking up faint dust as it touches down. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and film scratches, viewed through a dark frame border. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century aviation and recreational flying.

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: 124005143

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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, District Of Columbia, 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: 1960s 8mm aviation footage suited to documentary requests for recreational flying, airfield activity, or small aircraft landings.
Period detail: The long-wing white glider, open dusty field, and color-shifted 8mm look support the supplied 1964 home-movie context without visible Washington landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged spectator viewpoint, watching a glider settle across the field from a fixed, slightly distant position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white glider, long wings, tail fin, dusty ground, low horizon, purple sky, film borders, and light surface scratches.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, magenta-blue color shift, gate borders, mild weave, and dust specks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief aviation insert, transitional travel beat, or memory cutaway for mid-century recreational flight.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests small-airfield leisure aviation, with the aircraft isolated against open ground rather than a commercial airport setting.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may still be needed even though no identifiable faces are visible in these stills.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm glider landing, vintage home movie airfield, small aircraft touchdown, and Washington DC aviation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1964 Washington-area footage, then with other vintage aviation or airfield scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame of a white glider crossing a dusty airfield, with dark film borders and visible surface specks. — A white glider approaches or begins landing across an open dusty field.

The glider moves across the Washington DC airfield scene, framed by 8mm gate borders and color-shifted sky. — The glider continues its landing roll across the dusty open ground.

1964 home-movie still showing the white glider low on the dusty airfield, with grain and dark 8mm frame edges. — The aircraft sits low in frame during the landing sequence.

The glider appears on the ground at the end of its landing roll in the supplied 1964 Washington DC 8mm footage. — The glider completes its roll with the long wing extending across the frame.

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