Washington DC-1961: Monument with Two Statues at Roundabout in DC

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Washington DC

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Monument with Two Statues at Roundabout in DC — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a view from inside a moving vehicle as it approaches a roundabout in Washington DC. The camera focuses on a prominent monument featuring two statues atop a stone pedestal, surrounded by lush green trees and brick buildings. A white classic car is visible in the intersection, and the footage shows the vehicle passing the landmark under a clear blue sky. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel of this urban street scene.

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: 127401658

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: 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: 1961 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 Washington, DC home-movie footage for productions needing a brief moving-vehicle view of an urban monument, traffic circle, and period street setting.
Period detail: The visible cars, traffic lights, stone railing, brick buildings, and filmed-through-window viewpoint support an early 1960s urban travel record, with the monument appearing as a civic landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot value as the camera records a landmark from inside a passing vehicle rather than from a staged or tripod-mounted viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-figure monument, stone pedestal, traffic signal, white car, road curve, bridge railing, trees, and brick buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate edges, grain, slight motion blur, and uneven exposure that give the short street view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, travel insert, arrival transition, or memory beat within a Washington, DC sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a public monument within a leafy city traffic circle, showing how a private traveler encountered civic sculpture from the road in 1961.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, copyright, and location identification should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Washington DC 8mm street view, home movie monument from car, traffic circle statue footage, and moving vehicle landmark shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Washington, DC footage, then broader home-movie travel views of monuments and city streets.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing a two-figure monument on a pedestal near brick buildings and trees from inside a moving vehicle. — A two-figure monument passes the vehicle window with brick buildings and trees behind it.

1961 Washington, DC street view from a moving vehicle approaching a monument near a traffic signal, white car, trees, and stone railing. — The vehicle approaches a traffic circle with a monument, white car, signal light, trees, and roadside railing.

Motion-blurred 1961 Washington, DC frame showing the vehicle passing a traffic circle with a monument, white car, railing, and dense trees. — Motion blur emphasizes the passing vehicle view as the monument and traffic circle slide across the frame.

1961 Washington, DC home-movie view of a monument, traffic signal, bridge-like railing, and trees from a passing vehicle. — The monument remains in view beside the signal and railing as the vehicle continues past the circle.

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