Washington DC-1961: View Of Mist Covered Trees On A Grey Foggy Day

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

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View Of Mist Covered Trees On A Grey Foggy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a misty, overcast day in Washington DC. The view, framed by a window, shows a dense treeline shrouded in fog, with a faint, distant structure barely visible through the haze. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, dust spots, and slight scratches, enhancing its authentic archival quality. The muted green and grey tones evoke a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere, offering a rare glimpse of the city's landscape during a foggy day.

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: 127413063

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 8mm home-movie cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing foggy urban nature atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The frames show a window-framed view of trees and haze; the 1961 date and Washington, DC location come from supplied clip metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on an ordinary misty view through a window, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie sense of someone noticing weather and landscape from indoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark window muntins, fog-softened treetops, pale grey sky, distant water or open light areas, faint structures, film dust, and soft exposure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, dust specks, slight scratches, muted color, and gentle instability that signal original physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, weather cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing mood shot for a 1960s Washington, DC sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides social context through an ordinary domestic viewpoint, showing weather and landscape rather than monuments, crowds, traffic, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright clearance remains separate from any location or property assessment for the underlying film.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Washington DC fog, 8mm home movie misty trees, grey weather cutaway, window view landscape, and vintage foggy day footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Washington, DC footage, and finally with fog, rain, window-view, trees, or weather-atmosphere material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Washington, DC home-movie frame showing mist-covered trees through a dark window frame, with a pale grey sky beyond. — Misty trees are seen through a window on an overcast day.

A fog-softened Washington, DC landscape appears through the window, with treetops and faint distant forms partly obscured by haze. — Treetops and distant haze remain visible beyond the window frame.

The 8mm frame shows a grey, foggy Washington, DC view through a window, with dark foreground trees and a washed-out distant horizon. — Dark treetops contrast with a pale, misty distance.

A final 1961 Washington, DC frame holds on the foggy tree view through the window, with distant shapes barely visible in the haze. — The window view holds on trees and soft grey fog.

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