Washington DC-1960: Men in Suits Descending Government Building Steps

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

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Men in Suits Descending Government Building Steps — Clip Details

Washington DC-1960: Two men in formal suits walk down the grand stone steps of a classical government building. One man wears a black Stetson hat, bow tie, and glasses, while the other, younger man, carries a coat and wears a dark suit with a tie. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and slight camera shake, with visible grain and film scratches. The scene captures a moment of official business or travel in the early 1960s, evoking a sense of mid-century American formality and civic life.

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: 127705286

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, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Washington, DC archive requests needing brief civic, business, or official-arrival footage with formally dressed men outside a government-style building.
Period detail: The dark suits, bow tie, glasses, brimmed hat, short haircut, and stone civic architecture support an early-1960s public-business setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged passerby view, with the men naturally descending steps and one man briefly smiling toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in dark suits, a brimmed hat, bow tie, glasses, carried coat, broad stone steps, columns, and tall windows.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld wobble, mild exposure variation, and small scratches consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for mid-century Washington travel, civic errands, formal business, or institutional atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century American formality in public space without identifying the building, the men, or any specific official event.
Research note: People are visible and identifiable to some degree, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and location-use assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 Washington DC 8mm men in suits, government building steps, formal businessmen walking, Stetson hat, and mid-century civic exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1960 Washington, DC exteriors, and then with broader themes of civic travel and business attire.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Washington, DC, two formally dressed men descend broad stone steps outside a classical government-style building. — Two suited men walk down the steps of a large stone building.

Two men in formal clothing move down stone steps in Washington, DC, one wearing a brimmed hat and bow tie. — A hat-wearing man and a younger suited man continue down the steps.

A formally dressed man with glasses, bow tie, and brimmed hat approaches the camera near broad stone steps in Washington, DC. — The hat-wearing man comes closer as the other man moves out of frame.

Close view of a smiling man in glasses, bow tie, and brimmed hat with Washington, DC stone steps behind him. — The man in the brimmed hat smiles near the camera.

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