Paris France-1939: Vhs Footage Of A Large Marble Statue With Four Horses And A Sword Holding Figure

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationParis, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Paris France

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Vhs Footage Of A Large Marble Statue With Four Horses... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic low-angle view of a large marble statue in Paris, France. The sculpture features four rearing horses and a central figure holding a sword, set against a vivid purple sky. The grainy, slightly blurred quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse of early 20th-century public art. The composition highlights the monument's dynamic movement and classical design, making it ideal for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123113873

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: 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: 1939 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: Paris, France 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: 1930s Paris 8mm footage suited to requests for visitor-shot views of monumental public sculpture, civic art, and prewar European travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show a classical equestrian monument with rearing horses and a sword-bearing figure, while the exact monument identification should be confirmed before use.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a tourist pausing below a public monument, holding a low-angle view long enough to register its scale and sculptural movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rearing-horse sculptural group, central standing figure, raised sword, carved stone base, deep blue-purple sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight blur, and frame-edge exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Paris cutaway, travel-memory insert, art-history transition, or atmospheric bridge in a 1930s European sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents how monumental public art appeared through a private visitor camera rather than a formal survey or newsreel view.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but monument identity, artwork rights status, and location claims should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Paris 8mm statue, vintage home movie horses monument, sword-bearing figure sculpture, and prewar France travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Paris 1939 travel views, then related European monument, sculpture, and public-art footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Paris 8mm frame showing a low-angle view of a large public sculpture with rearing horses, a central figure, and a raised sword. — Low-angle view of the equestrian sculptural group against a saturated sky.

1939 Paris home-movie frame showing the upper portion of a monumental horse sculpture with a sword-bearing figure and stone pedestal. — The sculptural group remains centered, with horses and figure silhouetted against the sky.

1939 Paris 8mm frame with soft focus on a public monument of rearing horses and a central sword-bearing figure above a stone base. — Handheld view emphasizes the upward sweep of the horses and figure.

1939 Paris travel-film frame showing a monumental sculptural group with rearing horses, raised sword, and visible 8mm frame edges. — Final frame holds on the horse-and-figure monument with visible film-frame borders.

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