United States-1944: Two Naval Officers Walking Across a Park Lawn and Saluting the Camera

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

military service
wartime home front
leave and reunion
camaraderie
uniform and ceremony
family record
1940s America

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Tree-lined park lawn with parked cars along a drive in the background
Time and weather: day · Trees in full leaf, suggesting late spring or summer · Clear and dry
Lighting: Bright natural daylight with shade under the trees
People: 2 · Two young men in dark double-breasted naval officers' uniforms and white-topped peaked caps, smiling and saluting; a few small figures stand far behind them.
Vehicles: 1940s sedans parked in the background
Objects: peaked caps · double-breasted jackets · brass buttons · cuff braid · neckties · trees
Colors: black · white · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two naval officers in dress uniforms walk across a park lawn toward the camera.
They come closer, smiling, with trees and parked cars behind them.
Both men raise their right hands and salute together.
They lower their arms and continue walking forward.

Two Naval Officers Walking Across a Park Lawn and... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1944 home movie footage shows two naval officers in dark double-breasted dress uniforms and white-topped peaked caps walking side by side across a park lawn toward the camera. Both are smiling, and as they come close they raise their right hands in a salute together, then lower them. Trees, parked sedans and a few distant figures sit behind them. It is a single black-and-white 8mm shot, handheld and steady, framed from the knees up.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000612

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits requests for 1940s wartime home-front footage of American naval officers in dress uniform, shot informally by family rather than by a newsreel crew.
Period detail: Double-breasted naval service dress with cuff braid, white-topped peaked caps and rounded 1940s sedans parked behind point to the war years.
Home-movie behavior: The two men grin as they walk at the camera and throw a joint salute for whoever is filming, a relaxed gesture made for family rather than for duty.
What appears in frame: Two officers in dark jackets with bright buttons, white-topped caps, a sunlit lawn, mature trees, parked sedans and a few distant bystanders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm with visible grain, good exposure and a faint cool cast, handheld yet steady enough to hold both faces clearly.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat, since the walk and salute form a complete gesture in four seconds.
Historical context: It shows officers at ease in a public park during the war years, with civilians and private cars in the background.
Research note: Both faces are clearly identifiable and the men are unnamed, so likeness should be weighed separately from copyright in the film; no logos or readable signs appear.
Research search match: Naval officers saluting, 1940s servicemen home movie, wartime 8mm black and white, officers walking in a park, navy dress uniform footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's officers shaking hands by a pond and the officer hugging two women, then with other circa 1944 home-front footage of servicemen on leave.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two naval officers in dress uniform stride across a park lawn with parked cars behind them, United States, circa 1944. — Two naval officers walk side by side across a park lawn, circa 1944.
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Closer view of two smiling naval officers walking shoulder to shoulder in a tree-lined park, United States, circa 1944. — The officers draw nearer to the camera, both smiling.
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Two naval officers in dress uniform salute the camera together on a park lawn, United States, circa 1944. — Both officers salute the camera together.
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Two grinning naval officers drop their salute as they keep walking through a park, United States, circa 1944. — The salute ends and the officers lower their arms, still grinning.
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