Washington DC-1961: Approaching View Of Green Trees Grass And Yellow Building On

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Approaching View Of Green Trees Grass And Yellow Building On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a moving view from a vehicle, passing through a suburban landscape. Lush green trees and grassy fields blur past the camera, with a yellow building and a white trailer briefly visible. The footage features natural sunlight, classic film grain, and motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana feel. The perspective suggests a leisurely drive through a quiet neighborhood, with a mix of natural and man-made elements under a bright, sunny sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127401738

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: 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

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: 1961 Washington, DC-area 8mm travel footage for editors needing a brief suburban drive-by, green landscape, or exterior building approach insert.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s residential or institutional grounds, with mowed lawns, planted beds, mature trees, and a light-colored building seen from a moving vehicle.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual passenger-window viewpoint, catching trees, lawn, roadside planting, and a building facade without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include leafy trees, sloping grass, planted shrubs, a pale building entrance, steps, windows, a railing, and a light vehicle or trailer shape.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, grain, exposure variation, and strong motion blur from the moving camera.
Edit role: Use it as a short transition, route-establishing insert, suburban approach cutaway, or memory beat between more identifiable Washington footage.
Historical context: As home-movie footage, it documents everyday landscaped surroundings and exterior architecture more than a named public event or landmark.
Research note: No logos or faces are clearly readable here, but copyright, location identification, and any property or likeness concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm Washington DC drive-by, suburban trees and lawn, yellow building exterior, and home movie vehicle view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then with 1961 Washington-area exteriors, then with broader 1960s suburban landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm Washington-area drive-by view of leafy trees and sunlit grass, softened by motion blur and film gate edges. — Trees and grass pass the moving camera at the start of the clip.

Moving 8mm view of a landscaped slope with shrubs, grass, and shaded trees in the Washington, DC-area clip. — The camera passes a landscaped slope with shrubs and trees.

1961 8mm drive-by frame with lawn, low plantings, shaded trees, and a pale vehicle or trailer shape partly visible. — A lawn and planting bed pass with a pale vehicle or trailer shape beyond.

Washington-area 1961 home-movie frame of a light-colored building exterior with steps, windows, railing, trees, and lawn. — A light-colored building entrance appears as the moving camera passes.

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