Washington DC-1960: Passing View Of White Headstone And Washington Monument On A

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

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Passing View Of White Headstone And Washington Monument On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a passing view of a cemetery with rows of white headstones and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The footage shows a slow pan across the solemn grounds, with trees lining the pathways and the iconic monument's columns visible in the distance. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and the warm color palette typical of 1960s Super 8 footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a historic American landmark and its surrounding memorial grounds.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127705310

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s Washington, DC archive requests needing visitor-shot cemetery and memorial-ground views for documentary inserts or historical transitions.
Period detail: The footage shows mid-century 8mm color views of white headstones, bare trees, paved cemetery roads, and the columned Lincoln Memorial area in Washington, DC.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor's passing view, scanning memorial grounds from a moving or handheld vantage rather than staging a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of white headstones, leafless trees, curving cemetery roads, open lawn, soft shadows, and the columned memorial facade.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, mild blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a solemn cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for Washington memorial-ground material.
Historical context: The view places national memorial architecture beside orderly headstone rows, offering visual context for public remembrance spaces in Washington, DC.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location use, and landmark or cemetery context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 8mm Washington DC cemetery headstones, Lincoln Memorial columns, memorial grounds, and vintage home movie travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Washington, DC material, then broader cemetery, memorial, or national monument footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 8mm view of white cemetery headstones among bare trees in Washington, DC memorial grounds. — Rows of white headstones recede through bare trees on the cemetery lawn.

Passing 1960 8mm view of a cemetery road lined with white headstones and bare trees in Washington, DC. — A curving road passes through rows of headstones under bare trees.

Soft, blurred 1960 8mm close pass across white cemetery headstones in Washington, DC. — Motion blur softens a close pass across white headstones on the lawn.

1960 8mm view of the Lincoln Memorial columns in Washington, DC, seen from nearby grounds. — The columned Lincoln Memorial facade appears beyond shrubs and the frame edge.

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