Washington DC-1961: Car Moving Along Road Past Trees and Statue

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Car Moving Along Road Past Trees and Statue — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a car moving along a road in Washington DC, passing a stone-pillared fence and lush green trees under a bright blue sky. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a classic American road trip scene with a prominent statue on a grassy median and a vintage car in the background. The grainy, sun-drenched quality and slight camera shake evoke a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127401712

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: 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 (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: 1961 Washington, DC home-movie road footage suited to documentary inserts about mid-century travel, urban parks, or visitor views from a moving car.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s details in the light-colored sedan, stone gateposts, metal fencing, open roadway, and formal statue setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to record from inside a moving vehicle, giving the scene an unstaged visitor-shot perspective rather than a composed landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved road, stone-pillared fence, metal railings, dense trees, grass, a statue on a small median, a pole, and a vintage car.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, bright daylight exposure, slight handheld movement, and dark window-frame edges that mark its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel transition, period establishing cutaway, moving-car insert, or memory beat between Washington, DC scenes.
Historical context: The view places a formal statue and park-like roadside within a mid-century automobile travel context, without confirming the exact landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: People are flagged visible, though no faces are clearly identifiable in these frames; likeness, location, and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Washington DC 8mm road footage, vintage car passing statue, home movie through car window, and mid-century park roadway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Washington, DC clips, then broader 1960s road travel, monuments, parks, and car-window views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Washington, DC home-movie view of a road, stone gatepost, metal fence, grass, and trees seen through a vehicle window. — A moving-vehicle view passes a stone gatepost, metal fencing, grass, and dense trees.

Washington, DC road scene from 1961 with metal fencing, stone pillars, grass, trees, and dark window framing from the vehicle. — The camera continues past the fenced roadside and stone pillars under bright daylight.

1961 Washington, DC car-window view showing a fenced roadside, stone post, grass, trees, and open sky along the roadway. — The moving view shifts along the roadside fence with a stone post and trees beyond.

1961 Washington, DC roadside view with a statue on a grassy median, a light-colored vintage car, a pole, road, and shaded trees. — A statue stands on a small grassy median as a light-colored car passes behind it.

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