Washington DC-1964: Trees Framing Lake With Distant Shoreline

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

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Trees Framing Lake With Distant Shoreline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene natural landscape viewed through a frame of dense trees. The footage begins with a close-up of leafy branches, then pans to reveal a tranquil lake stretching into the distance, bordered by a dark tree line. The scene is bathed in a soft, purplish-blue hue, characteristic of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and slight color shifts. The composition suggests a quiet moment of reflection, possibly from a porch or window, evoking a sense of nostalgia and peaceful Americana.

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: 125500754

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, 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or education edits needing a quiet 8mm landscape cutaway from Washington, DC-area home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1960s leisure or travel view, with no visible cars, clothing, signage, or built landmarks to date the scene beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie gaze, lingering from behind trees toward open water rather than presenting a formal scenic postcard view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include leafy tree edges, a broad lake surface, a distant wooded shoreline, pale sky, dark frame edges, and handheld reframing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, purplish-blue color shift, exposure variation, and gate-edge shadows that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective insert, transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway within a sequence about travel, landscape, or family recollection.
Historical context: The view suggests a quiet outdoor pause in archival home-movie material, with the landscape emphasized over identifiable public activity or urban detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any property-related use should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm Washington DC landscape, vintage home movie lake shoreline, trees framing water, and 1960s nature cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 Washington DC material, then with broader 1960s lake, trees, and home-movie landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington, DC home-movie frame with dense trees partly blocking a distant lake and shoreline. — Trees and frame-edge shadows partially obscure the water beyond.

1964 Washington, DC 8mm view of a lake through trees, with a dark shoreline across the water. — A lake opens between tree silhouettes and a distant wooded shore.

Handheld 1964 Washington, DC landscape frame showing trees around a hazy lake and low far shore. — The camera frames the lake with trees along both sides.

1964 Washington, DC 8mm frame looking over foreground trees toward open water and a distant wooded shoreline. — Foreground trees lead into a broad lake view and far wooded shore.

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