Washington DC-1960: A Beautiful Sunny Day In The City Park Filming The Monuments

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Beautiful Sunny Day In The City Park Filming The Monuments — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched day in a Washington DC park. Bare trees frame views of classical government buildings and a prominent white monument. A man in a dark jacket stands in a grassy field, filming the scene. Classic cars pass on the road, and the footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and retro-themed projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127704968

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 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, District Of Columbia, 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: Useful for 1960s Washington, DC documentary sequences needing visitor-shot park views, monuments, government buildings, and period street atmosphere.
Period detail: Bare trees, formal park grounds, mid-century cars, and 8mm color reversal texture support the 1960 Washington, DC home-movie setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist or family-film perspective, including a man standing in the grass filming the same public landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare park trees, lawns, paved roadways, a white monument, distant classical buildings, benches or barriers, cars, and a lone man with a camera.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, gentle handheld framing, dark film edges, and variable exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Washington, DC park insert, a transition between civic landmarks, or a memory beat showing tourists documenting public space.
Historical context: The scenes show public open space around civic architecture, suggesting everyday sightseeing and leisure in the capital without proving a specific event.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; visible public landmarks and buildings should be assessed separately from film copyright licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960 8mm Washington DC park, home movie monuments, vintage DC sightseeing, government building cutaway, and man filming in park.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1960 Washington, DC material, then with broader 1960s city park and monument sightseeing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 8mm view of a Washington, DC park with bare trees, grass, a roadway, and distant civic structures. — Bare winter trees and park grounds frame a distant roadway in Washington, DC.

A white monument stands near a roadway with a classical government-style building behind it in Washington, DC. — A white monument and distant classical building are filmed from across the park.

Washington, DC park view showing a white monument beside a road, with bare trees and a distant civic building. — The camera holds on a monument and civic building across the roadway.

A man in a dark coat stands in a Washington, DC park filming the landscape with bare trees and distant buildings behind him. — A man films from the grass, adding a home-movie viewpoint to the park scene.

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