Washington DC-1948: People Standing Near Brown Fence Looking At Pond On A Clear Day

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

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People Standing Near Brown Fence Looking At Pond On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene park scene in Washington DC. A wooden fence lines a grassy path beside a calm pond, where people in period clothing stand and observe the water. The footage shows natural daylight with a soft, slightly faded color palette typical of mid-century film. Reflections ripple across the pond's surface, and the camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment of public leisure. The grainy texture and subtle color shifts enhance its authentic archival quality.

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: 127728680

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 1940s Washington DC public-leisure sequences, documentary inserts, and quiet establishing material showing people gathered beside a pond in a park setting.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1940s visitor clothing and a simple wooden fence around landscaped water, consistent with the supplied 1948 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of people pausing near water, with the camera lingering on the pond, fence, grass, and passersby rather than a posed subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm pond with reflections, a brown wooden fence, grassy banks, trees, shaded paths, and small groups of people standing or walking nearby.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and gentle color fading that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, transition, or memory beat between urban travel scenes, park visits, or 1940s public recreation material.
Historical context: The scene shows a public outdoor leisure setting where visitors appear to gather by a fenced pond, offering social context without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Washington DC 8mm home movie park pond, people by wooden fence, vintage public leisure, and mid-century color travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Washington DC park footage, then broader 1940s home-movie scenes of ponds, fences, and public leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Washington DC home-movie frame showing a pond, tree reflections, a wooden fence, and distant people along a grassy bank. — Distant visitors stand beyond a wooden fence as reflections fill the pond below.

1948 Washington DC park view with a reflective pond, fenced grassy edge, trees, and people seated or standing in the background. — The camera holds on water reflections and a fenced park edge with visitors beyond.

1948 Washington DC home-movie frame of a shaded pond edge, wooden fence, grass, and distant park visitors near a path. — A fenced pond edge and shaded grass create a quiet park cutaway with visitors in the distance.

1948 Washington DC park frame showing people near a wooden fence, a pond edge, grass, trees, and bright reflected water. — Visitors pass along the fenced pond edge in a sunlit park scene.

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