Paris France-1947: A View Of People Walking Past Citroën And Optician Shops

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationParis, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 Paris France

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A View Of People Walking Past Citroën And Optician Shops — Clip Details

PARIS FRANCE-1947: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a quiet street scene in post-war Paris. Pedestrians in period coats and hats walk along the sidewalk past a Citroën dealership and a shop named 'les frères lissac' with 'OPTICIENS LUNETIERS' signage. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film edges and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, documentary-style view of everyday life in 1940s France. The camera remains stationary, observing the calm movement of people and the architectural details of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 123118625

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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: Useful for archive requests needing a brief 1940s Paris street insert with pedestrians and visible commercial storefronts for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The coats, hats, shopfront lettering, Citroen sign, and Les Freres Lissac optician frontage support a post-war Paris street reading, consistent with the 1947 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary home-movie view observes ordinary pedestrians passing shops without staging, preserving a quiet sidewalk moment rather than a formal city landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pedestrians, a Citroen shop sign, an optician storefront, display windows, masonry facades, balcony railings, sidewalk, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan shows soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, gate edges, and frame jitter that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, transition, or memory beat for everyday Paris commerce and pedestrian life in the late 1940s.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for urban retail and sidewalk movement in Paris after the Second World War without making claims beyond the visible street scene.
Research note: People and branded signage are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-use questions should be reviewed separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1947 Paris street scene, post-war France sidewalk shops, Citroen storefront, Les Freres Lissac opticians, and 8mm home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Paris 1947 street material, then with broader 1940s European retail and pedestrian scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Paris street view with pedestrians in coats moving past storefronts, a Citroen sign, masonry facades, and dark 8mm frame edges. — Pedestrians move along a sidewalk beside a Citroen sign and shopfronts.

1947 Paris sidewalk scene with a pedestrian near a Citroen sign, storefront architecture, and visible gate-edge shadow from the 8mm scan. — A passerby moves near the Citroen storefront as the frame edge intrudes.

Paris street view from 1947 metadata, showing pedestrians, a Citroen sign, shop windows, masonry frontage, and soft black-and-white film texture. — A sidewalk view holds on the Citroen sign and nearby shopfronts.

1947 Paris storefront view showing Les Freres Lissac opticians and lunetiers signage, display windows, a pedestrian, and dark 8mm frame edges. — A pedestrian passes the Les Freres Lissac optician shopfront.

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