Paris France-1967: Lion Statue On Hill With Staircase At Dusk

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationParis, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Paris France

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Lion Statue On Hill With Staircase At Dusk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Paris, France, in 1967 captures a dramatic silhouette of a lion statue atop a stone pedestal on a hill. The camera slowly zooms out, revealing a steep staircase leading up to the monument against a deep purple twilight sky. The grainy, high-contrast film stock and dark frame borders emphasize the nostalgic, archival quality of this classic European landmark. The scene evokes a sense of quiet grandeur and historical memory, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 121129950

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 1544 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: 4,blarney stone
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: ireland,france,paris,lourdes,spain
Date: 1967 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Paris, France Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1960s Paris 8mm landmark footage suited to documentary inserts, archive-led city sequences, and short visual references to travel or public monuments.
Period detail: The scene may show a 1967 visitor view of a hilltop monument, with dark railings, a steep staircase, and a purple dusk sky visible in the home-movie frames.
Home-movie behavior: The framing reads as a visitor-shot view, holding on the lion statue and slowly widening to include the staircase and hillside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted lion statue, stone pedestal, steep stairs, hill slope, terrace railings, tree edges, dark film borders, and twilight sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, high contrast, purple color shift, soft focus, and visible frame edges that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief Paris landmark cutaway, dusk transition, travel-memory insert, or atmospheric pause between broader city scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a public monument from a tourist or visitor perspective, emphasizing silhouette, elevation, and the experience of looking up from below.
Research note: People are flagged as visible in the clip, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate from property or likeness review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Paris home movie, 8mm lion statue, Paris monument at dusk, hill staircase footage, and vintage France travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1967 Paris footage, then with 1960s European monument, travel, or dusk city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Paris 8mm frame showing a dark lion statue on a stone pedestal against a purple dusk sky. — The lion statue stands in silhouette above the hill, with railings and the top of the staircase partly visible.

1967 Paris home-movie view of a lion statue on a high pedestal, with stairs rising up the hillside. — The camera frames the monument from below, showing more of the staircase and hillside beneath the silhouetted statue.

Wider 1967 Paris 8mm frame with the lion monument above a steep staircase and dark trees at the edge. — The wider view places the staircase and tree line below the silhouetted lion statue on the hilltop pedestal.

Final 1967 Paris frame shows the lion statue smaller in the composition above the hill and staircase at dusk. — The monument recedes in the frame, leaving the staircase, hillside, and purple sky to define the dusk setting.

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