Washington DC-1948: The Flowers And Plants Inside The New Park

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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The Flowers And Plants Inside The New Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched rose garden in Washington DC. Lush green bushes are filled with blooming pink and orange roses, set against a manicured lawn and dense trees. In the background, several people in period clothing stroll through the park, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere. The footage has a soft focus and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American park scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127728332

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 requests needing 1940s Washington DC home-movie park footage as a calm garden cutaway or mid-century public leisure insert.
Period detail: The visible clothing and soft color 8mm look support a late-1940s home-movie reading, though the frames mainly show garden plantings and distant visitors.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the rose beds from a visitor's viewpoint, lingering on flowers while parkgoers move casually in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rose bushes, manicured lawn, dense trees, garden paths, distant visitors, soft daylight, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that read as original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or cutaway within a Washington DC or mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows a maintained urban garden used for strolling and viewing flowers, offering social context without identifying a specific landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm Washington DC rose garden footage, vintage park visitors, mid-century flowers, and home movie garden cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Washington DC park footage, then broader vintage flower garden and public leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Washington DC home-movie frame showing rose beds, green lawn, trees, and distant visitors in a public garden. — Rose bushes fill the foreground while visitors stroll near the trees beyond the lawn.

A soft 8mm view of Washington DC garden plantings in 1948, with roses, lawn, trees, and distant parkgoers. — Blooming garden beds and trimmed grass lead toward small figures walking in the background.

Washington DC park garden footage from 1948 showing rose beds, open grass, shrubs, and blurred visitors beyond the plantings. — The camera angle shifts across rose beds toward an open lawn and visitors near the shaded trees.

Late-1940s 8mm frame of a Washington DC garden, with rose plantings, bright lawn, trees, and small distant visitors. — A lawn bordered by flowers and shrubs sits in front of shaded trees and distant park visitors.

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