Washington District Of Columbia-1943: Arched Facade and Sculptural Fountain With Passing Visitors

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · Washington, 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

architecture
Washington sightseeing
formal gardens
public sculpture
institutional heritage
visitor observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Approximately eye level, looking across the garden toward the facade
Setting: outdoor · Formal landscaped grounds outside an institutional building
Time and weather: daytime · Spring, supported by the surrounding reel section · Dry conditions; sky outside the frame
Lighting: Daylight on pale masonry with deep shade inside the arches
People: 5 · Approximately five visitors appear as small terrace figures or partly cropped foreground figures; one wears a light coat and dark hat, and facial details are indistinct.
Landmarks: Pan American Union Building
Objects: three tall arches · sculptural fountain · rectangular basin · terrace balustrade · building crest · clipped hedges · conical shrubs · decorative urns · side doorway · upper window · tiled roof
Colors: cream · dark brown · muted green · reddish brown · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Three tall arches rise behind the terrace and central sculptural fountain.
A visitor in a light coat passes across the lower foreground.
The rightward pan brings a side doorway and upper window further into view.
The framing favors the right side of the facade as visitors remain partly cropped below.

Arched Facade and Sculptural Fountain With Passing Visitors — Clip Details

Washington, D.C., 1943 home movie footage shows the Pan American Union Building behind a formal garden and sculptural fountain. Three tall arches dominate the pale facade, with a crest above the central opening and a balustrade across the terrace. Visitors pass along the lower edge as the camera pans slightly right, bringing a side doorway and upper window into view. Soft color and visible grain characterize the projected film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003074

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 exterior supports documentary and museum requests for Pan American Union architecture, formal grounds and visitor activity.
Period detail: Visitors' coats and dark hats provide period detail, while the pale arches, crest and sculptural basin establish the architectural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot framing follows the facade while passing people enter and leave the cropped foreground without posing.
What appears in frame: The view contains tall arches, a building crest, a terrace balustrade, a sculptural fountain, clipped hedges and partly cropped visitors.
Film character: Soft color, visible grain, slight handheld drift and intermittent dark specks give the projected-film capture a tactile archival texture.
Edit role: Use the brief continuous view as an architectural establishing shot or a garden cutaway within a Washington travel sequence.
Historical context: The building's documented 1910 inauguration places the visible terrace and facade within an institutional setting already established by 1943.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from permissions concerning visitors, architectural property, the crest and sculpture; faces are indistinct in these supplied frames.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for 1943 Washington home movies, Pan American Union exterior views and small-gauge footage of formal gardens.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's Washington title, memorials and flowering trees, then other Washington views from 1943, followed by institutional facades and garden fountains.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pan American Union Building in Washington, D.C., 1943, with three shadowed arches, a central crest and a garden fountain below. — Three tall arches overlook the terrace and sculptural fountain, with visitors at the lower edge.
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A light-coated visitor passes the fountain outside Washington's Pan American Union Building in 1943, beneath three tall arches. — A passing visitor overlaps the fountain at the bottom of the architectural view.
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Rightward framing reveals a doorway and upper window at the Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C., in 1943. — The right side of the building comes into view beside the arched terrace.
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The Pan American Union Building's right-hand facade and garden in Washington, D.C., 1943, with the fountain low in the frame. — The pan ends on the right-hand arches, side doorway and landscaped foreground.
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