Portugal-1972: Grand Stone Monument with Sculpted Figures and Statue

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Grand Stone Monument with Sculpted Figures and Statue — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a grand stone monument under a clear blue sky. The clip opens with a low-angle view of the ornate base, featuring sculpted figures and intricate carvings, then pans upward to reveal a tall column topped by a dark statue. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: rich color saturation, noticeable grain, and a distinct purple-blue tint. The scene suggests a historic landmark in a public square, with distant buildings and trees visible, evoking a sense of mid-century travel and national pride.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 120948625

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Portugal 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: 1970s Portugal travel footage for productions needing a brief archival view of a grand public monument, sculpted stone figures, and visitor-shot landmark detail.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm-era travel filming with saturated blue skies, grain, slight softness, and a distant rooftop sign that may reflect the urban setting rather than identifying a specific place.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor filming a landmark from below, holding on the ornate base before tilting or reframing toward the statue at the top.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall pale stone column, sculpted human and animal figures, dark statues, decorative lamps, iron fencing, trees, distant buildings, and a clear blue sky.
Film character: The clip has a home-movie film texture with visible grain, uneven sharpness, blue-purple color shift, dark frame borders, and handheld framing across the contact-sheet views.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, architectural detail beat, or transition within a Portugal or European monument sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents a public monument as a tourist or family-travel subject, emphasizing carved national or civic statuary without enough visual evidence to name the landmark or event.
Research note: No people or minors are visible, but the distant rooftop lettering and identifiable public monument should be reviewed for trademark, location identification, and separate copyright or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Portugal 8mm monument footage, vintage Portuguese public square statue, home movie stone column sculpture, and 1970s European travel landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Portugal 1972 city or monument footage, and then with broader 1970s European travel and public sculpture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing the lower section of a grand pale stone monument with sculpted figures, a tall column, and dark film borders. — Low-angle view of sculpted monument base and column.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame of an ornate public monument base with carved figures, decorative lamps, trees, and distant urban buildings. — Ornate monument base with surrounding trees and buildings.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing a wider visitor-shot view of the stone monument base, sculpted figures, iron fencing, trees, and distant rooftop lettering. — Wider view of monument base and surrounding square details.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame isolating the upper section of the tall stone monument, with carved ornament and a dark statue silhouetted against the sky. — Statue at the top of the stone column.

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