Washington DC-1960: Military Guard Stands Guard At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

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

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Military Guard Stands Guard At The Tomb Of The Unknown... — Clip Details

WASHINGTON DC-1960: A solemn 8mm home movie captures a military guard in uniform standing at attention with a rifle at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The iconic neoclassical monument with its grand columns and wide stone steps is shown under overcast skies. A lone guard stands motionless on the steps, while later frames reveal a group of civilians observing the site. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of vintage 8mm film from the 1960s, offering a poignant slice of American history and national remembrance.

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: 127705051

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Washington-area archive requests needing solemn visitor-shot footage of a military guard and memorial architecture for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The uniforms, civilian dress, soft color stock, and metadata-supported 1960 date place the scene in an early-1960s public memorial setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's distant viewpoint, holding on a guard at attention before shifting to civilians gathered near the stone steps.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed guard, rifle, broad stone steps, neoclassical columns, a large memorial facade, leafless trees, and later a small group of visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan has blue color shift, soft focus, mild gate weave, visible grain, and contact-print wear that give the brief scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memorial insert, Washington-area transition, military remembrance cutaway, or quiet visual beat in a national history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects public visitation and ceremonial military presence at a major American memorial without proving a specific ceremony or official event.
Research note: People are visible and a military setting is shown, so likeness, uniform, location access, and editorial or commercial use should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Washington DC memorial footage, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard, Arlington cemetery visitor home movie, and military remembrance cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Washington or Arlington scenes, then same 1960 location material, then broader military memorial and national remembrance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Washington-area home-movie frame showing a distant military guard on the steps of a neoclassical memorial building. — A lone guard stands on the steps below the columned memorial facade.

Distant 8mm view of a uniformed guard holding position before the memorial architecture in Washington, DC area footage. — The guard remains still beneath the large columned structure.

1960 home-movie frame with visible film scratches over a distant guard and the pale facade of the memorial building. — Film wear crosses the frame as the guard stands before the monument.

Visitors gather at the base of the memorial steps in a 1960 Washington-area home-movie view with columns and doors behind them. — Civilians stand near the entrance area below the memorial columns.

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