Paris France-1939: Outdoor Footage Of A Park With Water And A Sculpture

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

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Outdoor Footage Of A Park With Water And A Sculpture — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet park scene in Paris, France. The footage shows a large, curved water feature bordered by grass, with a sculpture visible in the distance. A few people stroll along the path near the water, their figures slightly blurred by the film's motion. The image has a distinct reddish-purple color cast, characteristic of early color film, with visible grain and edge damage. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a public space from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123118059

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

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: Supports requests for late-1930s Paris park atmosphere, public gardens, and quiet outdoor cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The clip may show a formal Paris park setting in 1939, with curved water edges, clipped grass, distant walkers, and a sculpture or fountain form visible across the basin.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot stillness, observing people strolling at a distance rather than staged activity or posed subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad curved water basin, pale grass, paved edging, distant trees, small walking figures, dark frame borders, and a sculptural form near the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong reddish-purple color shift, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and light wear that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief Paris park insert, reflective transition, location-establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat between more active scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a restrained view of public leisure space in prewar Paris without enough visual evidence to identify the specific garden or monument.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, private interiors, or branded property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Paris park home movie, 8mm Paris public garden, vintage France water basin, and prewar Paris sculpture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Paris material, then with parks, water features, sculptures, and quiet urban leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Paris home-movie frame showing a curved park water feature, pale grass, distant trees, and small figures walking along the far edge. — Distant walkers pass along the edge of a curved park basin.

A late-1930s Paris park scene shows a broad water surface, clipped grass, distant trees, and tiny figures near the far path. — The camera holds on water, lawn, and distant park visitors.

Static 8mm view of a Paris park basin with grass foreground, dark water, a pale far bank, and trees beyond. — A wide view frames the basin and far side of the park.

1939 Paris park footage shows a distant sculpture or fountain near a water basin, with lawn, trees, and soft reddish color shift. — A sculptural form appears across the water in the park landscape.

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