Paris France-1939: Statue Of Man Reclining Next To Fountain In Front Of Large Palace

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

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Statue Of Man Reclining Next To Fountain In Front Of... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. A bronze statue of a reclining man rests in the foreground beside a reflecting fountain, with the grand, sun-drenched palace facade stretching across the background. Visitors stroll along the terrace under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering authentic archival footage of a historic European landmark during a peaceful summer day.

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: 123117560

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

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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

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: 1939 8mm travel footage suited to archival requests for prewar French tourism, Versailles views, landmark inserts, or European home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip shows period color 8mm travel footage of visitors on a palace terrace, with clothing and camera distance offering limited but plausible late-1930s visual context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot view that lingers on a reclining bronze sculpture, fountain water, and the palace facade rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining male statue, fountain basin, palace facade, terrace balustrade, distant visitors, blue sky, clouds, and dark film frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, handheld framing, exposure variation, and visible gate edges that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief Versailles establishing insert, travel transition, landmark cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a prewar Europe sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents leisure travel at a major French landmark before wartime disruption, while the frames themselves only show visitors, architecture, sculpture, and daylight.
Research note: People appear only as distant visitors, but likeness, location access, and copyright status should still be reviewed separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 8mm Versailles footage, prewar France home movie, Palace of Versailles fountain statue, and vintage Paris travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Versailles or Paris views, then broader prewar European tourism and landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm view of a reclining bronze statue near a fountain at Versailles, with distant visitors and the palace facade behind it. — Reclining statue and fountain in front of the Palace of Versailles facade.

Visitor-shot 8mm frame of a reclining statue by a fountain at Versailles, with the long palace elevation and small figures in the distance. — Statue and fountain foreground the long Versailles palace elevation.

Soft 1939 8mm frame showing the reclining statue and fountain edge before the Versailles palace facade, with visitors moving along the terrace. — Terrace visitors pass behind the fountain and reclining statue.

Final 8mm frame of the Versailles fountain area, with a reclining sculpture in front of the palace and small visitor figures along the terrace. — Reclining sculpture beside the fountain with Versailles visitors beyond.

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