Mount Vernon Virginia-1964: White Mansion With Cupola Framed Between Shade Trees Across a Lawn

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMount Vernon, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1964 · Virginia & Mount Vernon · Reel 946a7f66 contains 9 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

historic landmark
American heritage
tourism
colonial architecture
George Washington
family sightseeing
summer travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Historic estate grounds with an open lawn, mature shade trees and a large white colonial house
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast, hazy
Lighting: flat, diffuse daylight under a hazy sky
People: 15 · Small, distant visitors standing and walking along the base of the house; no faces are identifiable.
Landmarks: Mount Vernon mansion
Objects: mansion · cupola · red roof · chimney · colonnade · shade trees · lawn · dirt path
Colors: white · dark green · pale grey · brick red · olive green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The white mansion appears between two large trees across a wide lawn.
Small groups of visitors are visible along the base of the house.
The camera tilts down slightly, bringing more of the grass into frame.

White Mansion With Cupola Framed Between Shade Trees... — Clip Details

Mount Vernon, Virginia, circa 1964 home movie footage shows George Washington's white mansion seen across a wide lawn, framed between two large shade trees. The red roof, central cupola, pedimented front and curved side colonnade stand under a pale, hazy sky, with small groups of visitors gathered along the base of the house. The single handheld 8mm shot holds fairly steady, drifting slightly and tilting down to take in more of the grass by the end.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000837

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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: 1964 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: Mount Vernon, Virginia, 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: Answers requests for authentic circa 1964 amateur footage of Mount Vernon for documentaries on George Washington, American heritage sites or postwar family tourism.
Period detail: The muted colour, grain and amateur framing are typical of 1960s 8mm, and the small crowd may show period visitor clothing, though figures are too distant to read in detail.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's own view of the estate, stopping on the lawn to frame the house neatly between two trees the way many tourists composed their keepsake shots.
What appears in frame: A white two-storey house with a red roof, a central cupola and a pediment, a curved colonnade at the right, two large shade trees, an open lawn and small groups of visitors.
Film character: Soft 8mm image with fine grain, a pale washed sky, deep blue-green foliage and a faint vertical scratch, giving a genuine projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for a Mount Vernon or Washington sequence, or as a brief travel-memory cutaway in a 1960s family story.
Historical context: The scene shows the estate as a busy public historic site in the postwar years, with visitors gathered on its grounds under mature trees.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property questions; distant visitors are not identifiable, and use of a historic estate's image may be subject to the site's own policies.
Research search match: Mount Vernon 1960s home movie, George Washington house vintage 8mm, Virginia historic site tourists film, colonial mansion establishing shot old footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with 'Visitors on the Mount Vernon wharf, Potomac River' from this reel, then other circa 1964 Virginia and Washington-area sightseeing, then historic-house and heritage tourism clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

George Washington's Mount Vernon mansion framed by shade trees, Virginia, circa 1964, 8mm home movie — Mount Vernon's white mansion and cupola between two shade trees, circa 1964.
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Visitors gathered at the base of the Mount Vernon mansion, Virginia, circa 1964, seen across the lawn — Small groups of visitors along the front of the house at Mount Vernon.
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Grainy 8mm view of Mount Vernon under a pale sky, Virginia, circa 1964, with dark foliage at both edges — Pale sky and dark foliage frame the estate house in this 8mm view.
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Broad lawn before George Washington's Mount Vernon home, Virginia, circa 1964, as the camera tilts down — The camera tilts down to show the wide lawn in front of the mansion.
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