Washington DC-1960: Archival Video Of A Soldier In Uniform Marching

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Archival Video Of A Soldier In Uniform Marching — Clip Details

WASHINGTON DC-1960: Archival 8mm film footage captures a soldier in a dark blue uniform with white gloves and a peaked cap performing a ceremonial guard duty march. The soldier walks with precise, deliberate steps across a paved plaza, passing a large white monument structure. Bare trees and a distant cityscape appear in the background under a pale sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century military tradition in the nation's capital.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127705090

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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, DC edits needing ceremonial military guard footage, a monument-side march, or a concise archival cutaway for documentary context.
Period detail: The dark dress uniform, white gloves, peaked cap, bare trees, and pale stone setting support a mid-20th-century ceremonial guard scene in Washington, DC.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor-like distance as the uniformed guard walks through the plaza, giving the moment an unstaged home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed guard, white gloves, peaked cap, paved plaza, pale stone monument walls, bare trees, posts, and distant cityscape.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for military ceremony, Washington travel, public monument spaces, or early-1960s civic imagery.
Historical context: The clip shows a formal guard movement in a public monument setting, reflecting ceremonial presentation rather than combat or active policing.
Research note: People are visible and the military uniform may imply institutional context, so likeness, location, and editorial-use review should be handled separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1960s 8mm Washington DC guard march, ceremonial soldier at monument, vintage military uniform home movie, and capital plaza footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Washington, DC material from 1960, then related monument, ceremonial guard, or military tradition scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Washington, DC, a uniformed guard walks across a paved monument plaza, with another figure and bare trees in the distance. — A guard proceeds across the plaza during ceremonial duty.

The guard passes the monument in a measured ceremonial march.

A guard in dark ceremonial uniform walks past a pale monument wall, with Washington, DC scenery faintly visible beyond. — The guard continues along the stone monument edge.

A uniformed guard appears near the edge of a pale stone monument structure, with bare trees across the plaza in Washington, DC. — The guard reaches the side of the monument area.

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