Washington DC-1964: A Strong Blaze In Mountains

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

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A Strong Blaze In Mountains — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1964 captures a dramatic scene at Knob Overlook, with a large industrial complex emitting thick smoke against a backdrop of rolling mountains. The footage, shot from an elevated viewpoint, shows the factory complex surrounded by rural landscape under a hazy sky. The final frame reveals a sign identifying the location as 'Knob Overlook' with an elevation of 2090 feet, confirming the setting. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and a blue-tinted color palette, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century industrial activity in a mountainous region.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125500772

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, 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 footage suited to documentary requests for mid-century industrial smoke, mountain overlooks, rural landscapes, and environmental change cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1964 visitor-shot overlook view, with a distant industrial site, smoke plume, mountain ridges, and the blue-shifted color typical of small-gauge home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of an unstaged roadside or overlook observation, with the camera lingering on distant smoke and the surrounding mountain landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a distant industrial complex, white smoke, wooded slopes, layered mountains, valley roads, scattered buildings, hazy sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy grain, soft focus, blue-purple color cast, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that give the scene physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for industrial activity seen from a scenic mountain overlook.
Historical context: The footage visually contrasts rural mountain scenery with visible industrial emissions, without establishing the cause of the smoke or any specific incident.
Research note: No people are visible, but the flagged logo or brand issue and any identifiable facility or location should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm industrial smoke, mountain overlook factory plume, vintage home movie rural industry, and mid-century environmental footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 overlook or Washington-area footage, then with broader industrial smoke and mountain landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960s 8mm frame of a distant valley industrial site emitting white smoke beneath wooded mountains, with blue-purple film color and gate edges. — A distant industrial site sends smoke across a valley below the mountains.

Visitor-shot 8mm view across hazy mountain ridges and a broad valley, with soft focus and blue-tinted film color. — The camera looks across hazy mountain ridges from an elevated overlook.

1960s home-movie frame showing blue-toned mountain ridges above a valley with faint roads and small structures. — Mountain ridges fill the frame above a valley with faint signs of roads and buildings.

Soft 8mm frame of layered mountains and valley terrain, with small structures and roads visible near the bottom of the view. — The final view holds on layered mountains and a quiet valley below.

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