Portugal-1972: Classic Cathedral with Bell Tower

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Classic Cathedral with Bell Tower — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a grand stone cathedral under a clear blue sky. The camera begins with a wide view of the ornate facade, showing arched entryways and a large statue niche, with visitors gathered at the base. The shot then tilts upward, emphasizing the towering bell tower and intricate architectural details. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic quality typical of home movie footage from the era.

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: 120949757

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: This 1972 Portugal 8mm clip can support archival requests for early-1970s European travel footage, Catholic architecture, landmark visitation, or documentary cutaways of historic religious sites.
Period detail: The frames show visitor-shot color home-movie footage with 1970s film texture, a stone church facade, arched entry areas, sculptural niches, and a bell tower under a clear blue sky.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the tourist viewpoint, with the camera framing the facade from below and tilting toward the tower while small groups of visitors gather at the base.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale stone cathedral facade, tall bell tower, arched openings, decorative statuary, a central niche, blue sky, black film borders, and distant visitors near the entrance.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift toward blue-purple, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that situate it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel-memory transition, architectural cutaway, or visual bridge into a Portugal or religious-site sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents leisure travel and landmark visitation around a prominent church in Portugal without enough visible evidence to identify the exact building from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, the site is religious architecture, and clearance review should consider copyright in the footage separately from possible likeness and property or location permissions.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1972 Portugal 8mm church footage, vintage home movie cathedral bell tower, European religious architecture travel film, and Portuguese landmark visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1972 Portugal exteriors, and then with broader vintage travel footage of churches, cathedrals, plazas, and landmark visits.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing a pale stone cathedral facade with a tall bell tower, arched entrance area, distant visitors, and clear blue sky. — Cathedral facade with visitors at the base.

1972 Portugal home-movie frame with the camera closer on the church facade, showing the bell tower, arched stonework, and visitors along the lower edge. — Closer framing on the church facade and tower.

1972 Portugal 8mm frame emphasizing the cathedral bell tower and upper facade, with decorative stone details silhouetted against a saturated blue sky. — Upward tilt toward the bell tower.

1972 Portugal travel-film frame showing the cathedral bell tower, upper stone facade, sculptural details, and clear sky in a slightly soft handheld composition. — Bell tower detail above the facade.

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