Washington DC-1964: Green Farmland And Blue Mountain Silhouette On Cloudy Day

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

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Green Farmland And Blue Mountain Silhouette On Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, blue-tinted aerial view of a rural landscape. The footage shows rolling farmland and distant hills under a cloudy sky, with a prominent mountain silhouette along the horizon. The image is grainy and slightly out of focus, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The consistent blue color cast suggests a filter or film stock issue, lending a dreamy, nostalgic quality to the scene. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of mid-century American countryside scenery, ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125500784

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm rural aerial scenery for productions needing an archival countryside, travel, or memory transition without visible people.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century home-movie aerial travel, with farmland, distant hills, cloudy sky, and no visible buildings or vehicles to date the scene visually.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a passenger filming briefly through a moving aircraft window, valuing atmosphere and route memory over composed landscape coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include patchwork farmland, hazy open sky, distant blue hills, a dark horizon line, film gate edges, grain, and blue color cast.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy grain, soft focus, blue-magenta color shift, uneven exposure, and gate shadows that help identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short aerial cutaway, travel insert, geographic transition, or reflective memory beat between more specific 1960s scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests rural land and low mountain terrain seen during travel, but the frames do not identify a landmark or specific Washington, DC location.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, though copyright, location accuracy, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 8mm aerial farmland, blue mountain silhouette home movie, cloudy rural landscape, and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified Washington DC or 1964 travel material, then with rural aerial landscape themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame showing hazy farmland and distant hills under a cloudy sky, with a strong blue cast and visible gate edges. — Hazy farmland and distant hills seen from above through blue-shifted 8mm film.

Blue-tinted 1964 8mm frame of rural fields and a hazy hill line, likely filmed from a moving aircraft or high vantage point. — Rural fields and a low hill line appear through haze and film grain.

1964 8mm home-movie view of a dark mountain silhouette below a cloudy, blue-shifted sky, with soft focus and visible grain. — A dark mountain ridge sits below a cloudy blue sky.

Blue-cast 1964 8mm frame showing a broad mountain ridge under overcast sky, bordered by dark film gate shadows. — A broad blue ridge fills the lower frame beneath overcast sky.

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