Portugal-1972: A Fountain In A City Square With Classic Cars

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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A Fountain In A City Square With Classic Cars — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a bustling city square centered around a large, ornate fountain spraying water. Classic automobiles from the early 1970s fill the foreground, with people holding umbrellas suggesting a sunny day. The scene is framed by historic buildings and lush green trees under a bright blue sky, showcasing the warm, saturated colors and film grain characteristic of Super 8 footage. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life and urban tourism in Portugal during the 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120948739

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for editorial or documentary requests needing early 1970s Portuguese urban street atmosphere with a public fountain, traffic, pedestrians, and home-movie city-square coverage.
Period detail: The classic cars, bright clothing tones, parasols or umbrellas, and 8mm color stock support the supplied 1972 period setting without identifying a specific city or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the fountain and passing traffic as casual street life continues around the square.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tiered fountain spraying water, rows of parked or moving classic cars, pedestrians with umbrellas, leafy trees, stone-fronted buildings, and bright sky.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, light flicker, grain, and small dust marks that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transitional city cutaway, tourism memory beat, or period traffic detail within a Portugal or 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday public-space movement around a fountain, with automobiles and pedestrians sharing a busy urban square in Portugal according to the clip metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos or clearly private property are apparent from these frames and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 Portugal 8mm city square fountain, 1970s Portuguese traffic home movie, vintage urban tourism fountain footage, and Super 8 classic cars in Portugal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Portugal 1972 city or street scenes, and then broader 1970s European tourism, fountains, traffic, and public-square footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing a tiered public fountain spraying water behind classic cars and distant pedestrians in a city square. — Fountain and classic cars in a city square.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame with classic cars in the foreground, a large fountain spraying water, and pedestrians gathered under umbrellas near trees. — Cars move past the fountain and pedestrians.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame centered on the fountain, with water spray rising above cars and distant pedestrians in a sunlit urban square. — Centered view of the fountain above traffic.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing the public fountain and water spray above a line of classic cars, with trees and building facades beyond. — Fountain spray above parked and passing cars.

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