Washington, D.C. District Of Columbia-1943: Passing Automobiles and a Pan From the Jefferson Memorial

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1943 · Washington & Washington, D.C. · Reel b5ea6ee1 contains 8 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

American memorials
Sightseeing
Public architecture
Road transport
Capital city
Historic landscape

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Ground-level view looking slightly upward toward the memorial.
Setting: outdoor · Urban memorial grounds beside a roadway.
Time and weather: Daytime · Spring, supported by the supplied section context. · Partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright stone surfaces and shaded columns.
People: 8 · Several small, distant visitors stand or walk near the memorial grounds; the count is approximate and faces and ages are unresolved.
Vehicles: Period passenger automobiles
Landmarks: Thomas Jefferson Memorial · Washington Monument
Objects: Dome · Stone columns · Roadway · Streetlamps · Lawn · Trees · Shrubs · Memorial terrace
Colors: blue · off-white · green · gray · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The Jefferson Memorial fills the view above the foreground road.
A dark automobile passes in front of the memorial grounds.
The camera pans right, shifting the domed building toward the left.
The Washington Monument stands to the right as another car crosses below.

Washington, D — Clip Details

Washington, D.C., 1943 home movie footage shows the Jefferson Memorial behind a roadway with passing automobiles. The camera holds on the white dome and columned exterior, then pans right to reveal the Washington Monument beyond the trees. Small visitors appear along the landscaped grounds beneath a partly cloudy sky. The continuous color shot has soft detail, visible scratches and dust, and a brief greenish shift near the end.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003070

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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: 1943 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, D.C., 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

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Archive brief fit: Supports documentary requests for 1943 Washington, D.C., landmark views with passing period traffic.
Period detail: Rounded automobile bodies and fenders provide visible period detail beneath the memorial's dome and colonnade.
Home-movie behavior: The slightly wavering pan records a visitor's view as the camera moves from one recognizable monument to another.
What appears in frame: The shot contains a domed memorial, stone columns, passing cars, distant visitors, trees, streetlamps and an obelisk.
Film character: Soft projected detail, grain, scratches, dust and a brief greenish color shift give the continuous view its archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or a short geographic transition linking the Jefferson Memorial with the Washington Monument.
Historical context: The supplied 1943 section date places this exterior view in the Jefferson Memorial's documented completion year.
Research note: Distant visitors have no discernible faces; footage copyright and any applicable likeness or property permissions remain separate considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1943 Washington home movies, Jefferson Memorial traffic and small-gauge color views of American monuments.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Washington title, blossom-framed monument and Lincoln Memorial views, then other 1943 Washington footage and period sightseeing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 1943, with a passing automobile, roadside lamp and prominent dark film debris. — A passing automobile crosses below the Jefferson Memorial; dark film debris overlaps the lower facade.
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A centered 1943 view of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., shows its dome, shaded columns and landscaped roadside grounds. — The memorial's dome and circular colonnade dominate the view before the rightward pan.
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During a rightward pan in Washington, D.C., in 1943, the Jefferson Memorial moves left beside trees and a foreground roadway. — The rightward pan shifts the Jefferson Memorial toward the edge of the frame.
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The Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument share a 1943 Washington, D.C., view as an automobile passes through a green-tinted frame. — The Washington Monument appears beyond the trees while traffic passes below the cropped memorial.
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