Portugal-1972: Dark Statue On A White Pillar Set Against A Blue Sky

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Dark Statue On A White Pillar Set Against A Blue Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portugal in 1972, showing a dark statue of a robed figure atop a white stone pillar against a clear blue sky. The low-angle shot emphasizes the monument's height and classical architecture, with ornate carvings visible on the pedestal. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a moment of stillness and historical presence. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a Portuguese landmark, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

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: 120948634

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: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Portugal home-movie footage suited to requests for landmark cutaways, monument details, and travel-era architectural inserts.
Period detail: The visible low-angle framing, saturated blue sky, and 8mm color texture support a 1972 home-movie context without identifying the specific monument from the frames alone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the height and silhouette of a public statue rather than staging action or guided narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark robed statue, a pale stone column, carved pedestal ornament, open blue sky, black film-frame borders, and slight contact-sheet duplication.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, deep color saturation, and minor exposure variation that give the monument shot a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief architectural cutaway, location-establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between Portugal street and monument material.
Historical context: The frames document a public monument as seen by a traveler in Portugal, emphasizing form, scale, and sky rather than identifiable civic activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but monument identification, copyright status, and any property or public-art restrictions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Portugal 8mm monument, vintage Portuguese statue footage, dark statue on white pillar, and home movie landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Portugal 1972 travel material, and then with other European monument or public-square cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing a dark statue on a carved white pillar, filmed from below against a clear blue sky. — Statue on a high stone pillar.

1972 Portugal home-movie frame with a dark monument figure above an ornate white column, seen in soft 8mm color. — Monument figure above the column.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing the statue and upper column slightly lower in the composition, with visible film grain and saturated sky. — Low-angle monument detail.

1972 Portugal home-movie frame of the same public monument, with the robed figure and column isolated against a blue sky. — Public monument against the sky.

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