Portugal-1972: Crowd at Gothic Cathedral Courtyard

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Crowd at Gothic Cathedral Courtyard — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portugal in 1972 captures the ornate Gothic entrance of a historic cathedral, featuring intricate stone carvings, a large wooden door, and statues lining the facade. A crowd of people gathers at the base of the entrance, suggesting a religious or cultural event. The scene transitions to a sunlit courtyard with manicured green lawns and the cathedral's elaborate stone walls, where visitors stroll and take photographs. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival atmosphere of mid-20th century travel and religious life.

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: 120949510

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Portugal 8mm travel footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing a brief exterior view of Gothic religious architecture and visitors at a cathedral courtyard.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s tourist dress and visitor movement around an ornate stone church entrance and cloister-like courtyard, consistent with the supplied 1972 Portugal metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on carved portals, wooden doors, people gathering near the entrance, and a brief courtyard view with tourists walking and photographing the site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pointed Gothic stone arches, sculpted facade details, large dark wooden doors, gathered visitors, manicured green lawn, stone courtyard walls, arched windows, and a tall narrow tree.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, blue-purple color shift, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory transition, or quiet beat around religious tourism in Portugal.
Historical context: The visible scene suggests visitors attending or observing activity at a historic Catholic site, but the exact cathedral, occasion, and event type should not be asserted from the frames alone.
Research note: People and some faces are visible, and likeness considerations should be reviewed separately from copyright while the unidentified religious site may require location or property context for some uses.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1972 Portugal 8mm cathedral courtyard, Gothic church entrance with visitors, vintage home movie religious landmark, and tourists at Catholic architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Portugal 1972 cathedral or courtyard material, and then broader 1970s European religious landmark travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing an ornate Gothic church portal with carved stone arches, statues, large dark wooden doors, and partially visible visitors near the entrance. — Carved Gothic entrance with visitors below.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame of a Gothic cathedral entrance with ornate stone carving, dark double doors, and visitors standing or moving along the base of the facade. — Visitors gather beneath the cathedral portal.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame holding on the cathedral's carved Gothic entrance, with the large wooden doors centered and visitors partly cropped at the lower edge. — Home-movie close view of the ornate doorway.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing a sunlit cathedral courtyard with green lawn, Gothic stone windows and arches, a tall narrow tree, and visitors walking or taking photographs. — Visitors cross the cathedral courtyard lawn.

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