Paris France-1939: A Grand Palace With a Classical Statue Near a Reflecting Pool

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

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A Grand Palace With a Classical Statue Near a Reflecting... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. The clip features a prominent bronze statue in the foreground, depicting classical figures in a reclining pose, with the grand palace facade and its ornate architecture visible across a reflecting pool. The footage shows slight camera movement, with natural film grain and color fading typical of early color Super 8 footage. Visitors stroll along the terrace, adding life to the historic scene. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, perfect for historical 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: 123117578

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: 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: 1939 8mm travel footage for productions needing a brief archival view of a French palace terrace, reflecting pool, and classical sculpture.
Period detail: The clip may show prewar visitor-shot sightseeing, with formal palace architecture, terrace sculpture, and muted early color film rendering as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a tourist's handheld viewpoint lingering on a statue and palace facade while distant visitors move through the terrace space.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining bronze statue group, palace facade, reflecting pool, terrace edge, distant pedestrians, blue sky, and film frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, reflective cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1930s France sequence.
Historical context: The scene places leisure visitors and monumental royal architecture in the same frame, offering social context without showing a staged public event.
Research note: People are distant but visible, and sculpture or site rights may require review separate from copyright, likeness, and location-use questions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 8mm France travel footage, Versailles palace statue, reflecting pool home movie, and prewar French landmark footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Paris or Versailles material, then broader French landmark, palace, sculpture, or travel-home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm view of a classical bronze statue near a reflecting pool, with a French palace facade and distant visitors beyond it. — Classical statue and palace facade seen across a reflecting pool.

Close 1939 travel-film view of a reclining classical figure group in front of palace architecture and a bright reflecting pool. — Reclining statue group in front of palace architecture.

1939 8mm frame showing a foreground classical statue beside the reflecting pool, backed by a formal French palace facade. — Foreground sculpture with palace and pool behind it.

Final 1939 home-movie frame of the reclining statue group at the reflecting pool, with palace architecture and visible film borders. — Statue group framed by pool, palace facade, and film edges.

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