Washington-1939: Black And White Footage Driving Past An Old Castle Building

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Black And White Footage Driving Past An Old Castle Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a moving view from a vehicle passing a large, historic stone structure resembling a castle or fortress. The black and white footage shows the building's imposing facade, arched windows, and surrounding grounds, with a prominent metal framework or scaffolding visible on its roof. The perspective shifts as the camera moves past, revealing the structure's scale and architectural details against a hilly backdrop. The grainy, slightly blurred quality and film scratches are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a significant landmark in Washington.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127736515

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 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, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Washington travel or infrastructure sequences needing brief home-movie views of a large historic-looking structure seen from a moving vehicle.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frames may show late-1930s visitor footage, with concrete roadway edges, a waterfront or river wall, and roof scaffolding or metal framework visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot drive-by perspective, with the camera panning unintentionally as the vehicle passes the landmark and surrounding embankment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large masonry building, arched openings, rooftop metal framework, a raised roadway, water or wet ground, hills, railings, and a curved retaining wall.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and light scratches that support its original home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, or memory beat for Washington sightseeing, historic architecture, or roadway approach sequences.
Historical context: The view suggests a public landmark or infrastructure site observed during travel, but the exact building and function should be confirmed before specific identification.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, property depiction, and landmark identification should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 Washington 8mm home movie, black-and-white drive-by landmark footage, historic stone building, waterfront wall, and travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1939 Washington clips, then with other 1930s travel, landmark, roadway, or historic-building views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington home-movie frame showing a large masonry structure with rooftop framework seen from a moving vehicle. — Drive-by view of a large historic-looking structure with metal framework above the roofline.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Washington showing a large structure with railings and rooftop metal framework. — The moving camera passes a broad building facade with railings and a metal structure on top.

1939 Washington travel frame showing a low roofline, distant hill, and roadside structure in black-and-white 8mm. — A low section of the structure and hillside pass through the frame during the drive-by.

Black-and-white 8mm frame showing a curved wall or dam-like structure near water in Washington, 1939. — A curved retaining wall or waterfront structure appears as the moving viewpoint passes the site.

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