Paris France-1947: Parisian Square with Pedestrians and Obelisk

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

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Parisian Square with Pedestrians and Obelisk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage footage captures a bustling public square in Paris, France, viewed through a window frame. Classic automobiles and pedestrians in period attire move across the plaza, centered around a prominent obelisk and flanked by grand neoclassical buildings. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century urban life.

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: 123119980

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: 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 1940s Paris urban-life requests needing a short documentary insert of pedestrians and cars moving through a major public square.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century automobiles, formal coats and hats, an obelisk, and neoclassical civic architecture consistent with the supplied 1947 Paris metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view appears filmed from behind or through a window frame, giving the square a visitor-shot, observational home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pedestrians, classic cars, a tall obelisk, lampposts, broad paving, window mullions, and grand colonnaded buildings.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has soft focus, visible grain, scratches, gate shadowing, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for postwar Paris street life and public-space movement.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for everyday movement in a Paris square, with people crossing open space while cars circulate nearby.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no brands are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1947 Paris 8mm street scene, postwar Paris public square, pedestrians and cars in France, and vintage home-movie city footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1947 Paris exteriors, and then with broader 1940s European city street footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Paris public square viewed through a window frame, with pedestrians and classic cars moving near an obelisk and neoclassical buildings. — Pedestrians and cars cross a broad Paris square beneath an obelisk, seen through dark window framing.

1947 Paris square with a tall obelisk, scattered pedestrians, passing cars, lampposts, and grand neoclassical facades. — A wide view of the square shows people crossing while cars move past the obelisk and formal buildings.

1947 Paris street-square view with pedestrians in dark coats crossing near cars, an obelisk, and large colonnaded buildings. — Figures in dark coats walk across the open square as cars pass near the base of the obelisk.

Soft-focus 1947 Paris square view with pedestrians and cars moving across the plaza near an obelisk and neoclassical buildings. — A scratched, soft-focus frame shows traffic and walkers spread across the square around the obelisk.

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