Washington DC-1961: Passing View Of Pond And Green Trees On A Sunny Day

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

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Passing View Of Pond And Green Trees On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a passing view from a moving vehicle, gliding past a tranquil pond surrounded by lush green trees. The footage shows a natural landscape with tall reeds along the water's edge and a wooden fence in the background, all under bright sunlight. The classic Super 8 grain and slight motion blur convey a nostalgic, authentic feel of a mid-century American day trip. The camera moves steadily, offering a fleeting glimpse of a peaceful outdoor setting, likely in or near Washington DC. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127401758

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Washington, DC-area home-movie requests needing a brief passing landscape view for documentary, museum, education, or period travel sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century roadside or park landscape, with a pond, reeds, mature trees, and a simple wooden fence visible beyond the water.
Home-movie behavior: The moving viewpoint suggests a visitor-shot or passenger-shot home movie, capturing scenery quickly rather than staging a composed landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pond water, reeds along the edge, dense green trees, a wooden fence, sunlit shoreline, and motion-blurred foliage.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated greens, soft focus, gate edges, visible grain, and handheld motion blur that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, exterior insert, or quiet memory beat between Washington, DC-area scenes.
Historical context: The view reflects recreational or roadside landscape filming in a sunny outdoor setting, without visible people, signage, or identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but location and property context should still be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 8mm pond landscape, Washington DC home movie trees, vintage passing view from car, and 1960s sunny park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington, DC 1961 material, then with broader 1960s nature, pond, and travel cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm Washington, DC-area view of a pond edge with reeds, trees, and a fence, softened by motion blur. — Passing view of reeds along a pond with trees and a fence in the background.

1961 Washington, DC-area home-movie frame showing pond water, reeds, dense trees, and a fence beyond the shoreline. — Reeds and bright shoreline pass across the frame with trees behind the pond.

Washington, DC-area 1961 8mm frame with pond water in the foreground, reeds at right, trees, and fence rails behind. — The moving camera passes water and reeds with a shaded fence line beyond.

Motion-blurred 1961 8mm view of dense green foliage and fence rails from a moving vehicle or passenger viewpoint. — A brief blurred passage of green foliage and fence rails near the pond.

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