Washington DC-1960: Honor Guards Marching With Rifles In Formal Uniforms

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

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Honor Guards Marching With Rifles In Formal Uniforms — Clip Details

WASHINGTON DC-1960: Vintage 8mm film footage captures U.S. military honor guards in formal dark blue uniforms with white gloves and peaked caps, performing a precise marching drill. Soldiers carry rifles with fixed bayonets, moving in synchronized formation across a paved area near a white stone monument. The scene unfolds under a pale, overcast sky with bare winter trees in the background, conveying a solemn, ceremonial atmosphere. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches are characteristic of 1960s home movie footage, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127705179

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 archive requests needing 1960s Washington, DC ceremonial military footage, especially sober inserts for documentaries, museum films, or education programs.
Period detail: The dark formal uniforms, white gloves, rifles with fixed bayonets, winter trees, snow, and pale stone setting support a 1960-era ceremonial guard scene in Washington, DC.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing the honor guards from a distance rather than staging or directing the action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed guards, rifles and bayonets, white gloves, peaked caps, snow-covered ground, chain barriers, bare trees, and a white stone monument.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted winter color, visible grain, minor scratches, and slight exposure variation that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a solemn cutaway, establishing insert, transition beat, or visual memory of ceremonial military presence in Washington, DC.
Historical context: The footage visually situates formal military ritual within a public memorial-like setting, with civilians absent and the emphasis on disciplined movement and winter stillness.
Research note: People are visible and military identification may require review; copyright, likeness, and site-related permissions should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s Washington DC honor guard home movie, 8mm military ceremony footage, soldiers marching with rifles, and winter monument cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Washington, DC material, then ceremonial military or memorial-location footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A uniformed honor guard stands near a white stone monument in Washington, DC, with snow, bare trees, and chain barriers visible. — Honor guard standing watch near a snowy stone monument.

A Washington, DC honor guard in dark uniform and white gloves marches with a rifle and fixed bayonet beside snow and winter trees. — Guard marches with rifle and bayonet in a winter ceremonial setting.

Two honor guards in formal uniforms pass in formation in Washington, DC, with one carrying a rifle and bayonet across a snowy paved area. — Two ceremonial guards cross paths during a marching drill.

One honor guard walks before a white stone monument while another uniformed guard with a rifle stands at the edge of the frame. — Ceremonial guards move around a white stone monument in winter.

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