Portugal-1972: Water Fountain Spewing Water On A Sunny Day

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Water Fountain Spewing Water On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a bustling city square centered on a large ornate fountain actively spewing water. Classic automobiles from the early 1970s circle the fountain, with European-style buildings and prominent vintage billboards for brands like Constantino and Omega visible in the background. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, creating a nostalgic, warm atmosphere with the characteristic grain and color saturation of home movie film. The camera remains steady, offering a timeless glimpse of daily life and urban landmarks in Portugal during the 1970s.

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: 120948701

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: This 1972 Portugal 8mm clip suits archive requests for early-1970s urban travel footage, city-square atmosphere, fountain cutaways, and everyday European street context.
Period detail: The visible period clues include early-1970s automobiles, large rooftop advertising signs, European city buildings, and the home-movie color and framing associated with amateur travel filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the fountain and surrounding traffic as a traveler might record a recognizable public square during a sunny stop.
What appears in frame: The frames show an ornate fountain spraying water, parked and moving cars, leafy trees, street lamps, multi-story buildings, and rooftop billboard signage.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, bright sun flare, and steady but informal framing that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory beat, urban transition, or cutaway to Portuguese street life in the early 1970s.
Historical context: The scene documents a public fountain and surrounding traffic in Portugal in 1972, with commercial signage and automobiles providing visual context for urban tourism and daily movement.
Research note: Human review should note visible brand signage on rooftop billboards, while no people, children, private interiors, audible music, or apparent private-property claims are indicated in the supplied flags.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 Portugal 8mm fountain, vintage Portuguese city square, early 1970s European traffic, home movie travel fountain, and Portugal urban landmark footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Portugal 1972 city or travel material, then with broader 1970s European fountain, traffic, and tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Portugal 1972 8mm frame of a large public fountain spraying water, with early-1970s cars, trees, buildings, and visible rooftop advertising signs in the background. — Fountain and traffic in a sunlit Portuguese square.

Portugal 1972 frame showing a city fountain in bright sunlight, with traffic around the basin and rooftop signs for recognizable brands in the background. — Water jets rise from the fountain as cars pass nearby.

Portugal 1972 8mm frame of the fountain from a steady visitor viewpoint, with bright spray, shaded trees, cars, street lamps, and billboard signage behind it. — Visitor-shot view of the fountain and surrounding square.

Portugal 1972 frame showing the fountain at the end of the clip, with sunlit water, cars clustered around the square, trees, street lamps, and commercial rooftop signage. — Cars cluster around the fountain in bright sun.

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