Washington DC-1961: Summer Drive Through Lush Park With Walking Person And Vintage Car

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Summer Drive Through Lush Park With Walking Person And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched drive through a lush park in Washington DC. A person in a red shirt walks along a paved path beside a black metal fence, with dense green trees lining the road under a clear blue sky. The footage, viewed through a car window, shows a classic American summer day with a vintage car visible in the distance. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural motion convey a nostalgic, peaceful atmosphere of mid-century family life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127401692

Rights & Clearance

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: 1961 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Useful for 1960s Washington DC editorial sequences needing a brief home-movie view of a sunny park road, pedestrian movement, and passing car-window perspective.
Period detail: The 1961 date is supported by metadata, while the visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, mid-century car glimpse, simple park fencing, paved roadway, and summer clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger or driver viewpoint, watching a person walk beside the road as the car moves past a green public park setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved road, black metal fence, stone posts, dense green trees, a distant vintage car, a walking adult, blue sky, and dark car-window edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, dark frame edges, and handheld or vehicle-borne motion that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, travel insert, summer memory beat, or exterior cutaway within a mid-century Washington DC or family-visit sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday visual context for leisure or sightseeing in Washington DC in 1961 without identifying a specific park, route, or event from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, but copyright and location rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Washington DC 8mm park drive, vintage home movie summer road, mid-century car window footage, and pedestrian by park fence may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Washington DC footage, then broader 1960s park drives, family travel, and summer city cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Washington DC home-movie frame showing a park road, dark car-window edges, a person in a red shirt, trees, fence, and a distant car. — A moving car-window view catches a person walking beside a tree-lined park road.

1961 Washington DC park view from a vehicle, with black fencing, stone posts, green trees, roadway, and a distant walking person. — The camera passes a fenced green space and a small figure walking along the roadside.

Vehicle-borne 1961 Washington DC park footage showing a black fence, stone posts, shaded trees, grass, and a distant pedestrian. — The passing view emphasizes the fence line, trees, and a small pedestrian near the roadway.

Late-frame 1961 Washington DC park view with trees, grass, black railing, stone posts, road edge, and dark car-window borders. — The shot settles on the tree canopy and park fence as the vehicle continues moving.

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