Washington DC-1960: Gray Stone Building with Columns and Traffic Light

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Washington DC

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Gray Stone Building with Columns and Traffic Light — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, atmospheric view of a gray stone building in Washington DC. The footage begins with a distant, foggy landscape before focusing on the classical architecture, featuring a prominent entrance flanked by columns and a traffic light. A green tree stands to the right, adding contrast to the muted tones. The scene is bathed in soft, diffused daylight, with visible film grain and slight color fading characteristic of Super 8 footage from the era. The overall mood is quiet and nostalgic, evoking mid-century Americana.

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: 127668509

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 1213 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: washington dc,hawaii,new orleans
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, DC, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Supports 1960s Washington DC establishing or cutaway needs with brief home-movie views of a hazy landscape and a gray stone civic-looking building exterior.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century urban sightseeing details, including a traffic signal, stone facade, recessed doorway, and soft color palette from 1960 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor-like vantage point, moving from a distant hazy view to a closer exterior detail without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a misty distant skyline or treeline, gray stone building, recessed entrance, traffic signal pole, shrubs, and a green tree.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, exposure shifts, and contact-frame edges that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet Washington DC transition, architectural insert, location cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides a restrained street-level glimpse of Washington DC architecture and outdoor public space, without visible crowds, vehicles, signage, or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but building identification, property context, and copyright status should be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 Washington DC 8mm building exterior, vintage home movie traffic light, hazy city view, and gray stone architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Washington DC material, then other 1960 location shots, then broader 1960s civic architecture or urban establishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Washington DC 8mm frame with a soft, hazy distant landscape or skyline and heavy dark frame edges. — A distant hazy view opens the short Washington DC home-movie clip.

A hazy Washington DC exterior view on 8mm film, with a pale sky, distant forms, and dark frame edging. — The distant view remains soft and atmospheric before the building exterior appears.

1960 Washington DC home-movie view of a gray stone building entrance, traffic signal pole, shrubs, and a tree at right. — A gray stone exterior with a recessed doorway and traffic signal fills the frame.

Close Washington DC 8mm exterior of a gray stone building, traffic signal, paved foreground, shrubs, and green tree. — The final frame holds on the building entrance and traffic signal in soft daylight.

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