Washington District Of Columbia-1943: Lincoln Memorial Colonnade With Passing Period Cars

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

national memorials
American architecture
historical travel
urban traffic
public landscape
amateur filmmaking

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Near-frontal view from below the elevated memorial
Setting: outdoor · Urban memorial grounds beside a road
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · Dry with a clear-looking sky
Lighting: Natural daylight with deep colonnade shadows
People: 3 · Approximately three tiny distant figures near the colonnade; individual features, ages and clothing are unresolved.
Vehicles: Dark rounded-body period automobiles
Landmarks: Lincoln Memorial
Objects: Doric columns · stone entablature · globe-topped streetlamp · conical evergreen trees · clipped hedge · lawn · road
Colors: purple · gray · dark green · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The memorial colonnade fills the view above passing foreground cars.
Slight framing drift keeps the right corner and globe streetlamp in view.
More dark automobiles cross the bottom edge beneath the landscaped grounds.
The sustained architectural view continues with a small camera correction.

Lincoln Memorial Colonnade With Passing Period Cars — Clip Details

Washington, D.C., 1943 home movie footage shows the Lincoln Memorial behind a foreground road carrying dark period automobiles. The pale stone colonnade fills most of the view, with clipped hedges, conical evergreens and a globe-topped streetlamp below. A single sustained shot drifts slightly across the facade as traffic passes along the bottom edge. Soft detail, visible grain and a purple color cast characterize the projected-film capture.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003072

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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, 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 Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1943 Washington view serves documentary requests for a recognizable Lincoln Memorial exterior with period road traffic.
Period detail: Rounded automobile bodies and rooflines provide the clearest visible era clues beneath the largely timeless stone facade.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot perspective lingers on a famous landmark with slight framing corrections while everyday traffic continues below.
What appears in frame: The frame contains a stone colonnade, a raised roof block, clipped hedges, evergreen trees, lawn, a globe streetlamp and passing cars.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, purple color rendition and deep architectural shadows give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the sustained wide view as an establishing shot or a transition into a sequence about the capital's memorials.
Historical context: Dedicated in 1922, the Lincoln Memorial appears here in an ordinary daytime setting with road traffic and maintained grounds.
Research note: Copyright in the footage is separate from likeness and property considerations; distant figures have no discernible faces, and no vehicle brands are readable.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1943 Lincoln Memorial color home movies, Washington period traffic and small-gauge memorial exterior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Washington 1943 title and Jefferson Memorial traffic, then other Washington views from 1943 and comparable memorial exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 1943, with its colonnade above landscaped grounds and period automobiles along the lower edge. — The memorial's repeated columns rise above evergreens, a clipped hedge and foreground traffic.
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The Lincoln Memorial's right corner and long colonnade in Washington, D.C., in 1943, with dark cars passing below a globe streetlamp. — A globe-topped lamp stands in front of the memorial's shadowed colonnade.
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A 1943 Washington, D.C., view of the Lincoln Memorial's shadowed columns, with a foreground lamp and period automobile roofs. — Automobile roofs cross the lower edge beneath the pale stone facade.
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Lincoln Memorial exterior in Washington, D.C., in 1943, framed above an evergreen tree, a globe streetlamp and passing road traffic. — The sustained view holds the colonnade and raised roof block above the roadside landscape.
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